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Will Bupa buy Oasis Healthcare?

There are numerous reports that UK-based insurer and international healthcare provider Bupa is bidding to buy UK dental chain Oasis Healthcare for £500m. One analyst says the deal would make sense.

Romania’s Medlife may IPO imminently

Romania's largest healthcare group Medlife has hired banker Raiffeisen to advise on an IPO next month, in November. The listing will provide private equity house Value4Capital (V4C) a way to exit its 36% stake after more than a year of unfruitful attempts to disinvest.

Alliance Medical attracts bidders

Alliance Medical, the mainly Anglo-Italian imaging services group, has attracted several second round bidders. We investigate.

Orpea continues to buy in Spain

Pan-European care provider Orpea has bought Residencia Reyes de Aragón and Centro Residencial Erit, two nursing home standalones in Zaragoza and Barcelona, respectively. We look at Orpea's prospects for expansion following the Sanyres acquisition.

Private equity house buys 22 Priory Group facilities for £320m

Private equity house BC Partners is buying 22 mental health hospitals from Acadia-owned Priory Group for £320m. The deal comes as Acadia remains under pressure to comply with competition laws after its purchase of Priory Group for £1.3bn in January 2016.

How is healthcare investment in Brazil – after the foreign investment ban was lifted?

Brazil lifted the ban on foreign investments in hospitals in 2015. Is this attracting a new wave of healthcare investments and what is this doing to competition among the big groups? We ask independent consultant Martín Benítez Ramírez for an overview of the biggest deals. Ramirez has extensive M&A experience in Brazilian healthcare. He was in charge of […]

Formal bidding process could unlock Nisa deal

Problems surrounding the sale of Spanish hospital group Nisa could be sorted out by a formal bidding process. Minority shareholders uniting against Vithas' takeover hired banker Arcano to sell their 55% stake. Arcano has approached Quirónsalud, HM Hospitales and Hospiten.

Assessing Italy’s 2014-2016 Health Pact

Italy’s 2014-2016 Health Pact, which focuses on downsizing the acute sector and on increasing outpatient services, is coming to an end. Andrea Fortuna, associate partner at PwC, says it has resulted in over 10% drop in the number of acute beds over the past five years.

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