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Cerba to sell for just over €1.8bn to Partners Group and PSP Investments

PAI Partners has sold French medical laboratory services operator Cerba HealthCare to Swiss private equity house Partners Group and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments for €1.8bn –before second round bids started in February. Healthcare Europa understands Partners Group acquired a majority stake and PSP Investments a significant minority stake in the group.

Vithas finally to buy Nisa – but at a high price

Spanish hospital operator Vithas has finally reached an agreement with Accionistas X Nisa, the platform regrouping hospital chain Nisa’s minority shareholders. Vithas, which already owns a 47% controlling stake in Nisa will be able to buy the rest of the group at a whooping €24.5 per share.

FREE BLOG Who can crack medicalised homecare?

Praxair’s merger (well, takeover) of Linde will be interesting to watch as Linde is a big medical oxygen at home business in Europe. Healthcare Europa estimate its sales at around €900m in 2015, although some of that will be the supply of oxygen to hospitals. But building a well-spread medical homecare business is not easy. […]

Why are German hospitals selling their care homes?

Two weeks ago, German hospital chain Sana sold two of its care homes in Düsseldorf to the Red Cross. We know that Asklepios has also been selling some of its care homes. So will German private hospital operators continue to pull out of elderly care? Healthcare Europa is being told it is unlikely.

Cerba to sell for around €1.8bn

French laboratory chain Cerba could be valued at up to €2bn -with three bidders still in the race. It is rumoured the group could sell before February, when second round bids are set. But owner PAI Partners may not get the price it hoped for.

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