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UK overhauls stock market listing rules

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out new rules for companies listing on the stock market in the UK. The new rules aim to attract more IPOs to the UK and boost growth by simplifying the listing process and bringing it more in line with other countries.

July 12, 2024

Charme Capital Partners buys Italian veterinary chain Animalia

European PE firm Charme Capital Partners has bought a 56% stake in Animalia, Italy’s largest veterinary chain. The acquisition valued the group at €850 million.

July 12, 2024

Chennai-based MGM Healthcare acquires SevenHills hospital in Vizag, adding over 1000 beds in 5 years

The hospital sector in India is experiencing rapid growth and acquisitions, with Indian hospital chains adopting a dual strategy of regional consolidation and expansion into Tier 2 and 3 cities. This approach strengthens their market presence in established areas while gradually extending into new regions.

July 12, 2024

HBI News Roundup, 12 July 2024

In this HBI News Roundup, we look at prospective bids for French drug giant Sanofi’s consumer health division, retail giant Walmart’s options for loss recoupment after the sale of its 51 health clinics earlier this year, and Affidea’s prospective growth in Northern Ireland, among other stories.

July 12, 2024

Germany seeks to reduce hospital beds, remains far ahead of other European countries

The EU’s healthcare workforce is in crisis, with health systems described as “underprepared, understaffed, and facing underinvestment.” Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, healthcare in the EU has been grappling with significant challenges.

July 12, 2024

How AI is improving diagnostic imaging

Diagnostic imaging faces similar capacity and workforce issues as other areas of healthcare. But hundreds of start-ups are developing AI tools to ameliorate the situation. According to Antoine Jomier, CEO & Co Founder of Incepto Medica, a platform for imaging AI applications, there is at least a 30-40% time-saving for radiologists and as much as a seven percentage point EBITDA margin increase for providers at stake. Patients, payors and health systems at large also stand to benefit.

July 11, 2024

Northern Ireland’s largest hospital group Kingsbridge Healthcare Group bought by Exponent

UK PE firm Exponent has bought a majority stake in Kingsbridge Healthcare Group (KHG), Northern Ireland’s largest private hospital group which also has operations in the Republic of Ireland. The investment will help the group achieve its expansion ambitions across the island of Ireland.

July 11, 2024

Private sector dominance in UK’s diagnostics sector is increasing

In this infographic we examine NHS wait times for diagnostic procedures and the role the private sector is playing in bridging the gap.

July 10, 2024

Surprise result in France’s national assembly elections as left wing alliance comes out on top

No clear path for the French parliament with no grouping capable of securing a majority, as the far-right National Rally unexpectedly falls to third. The second round of the French National Assembly elections produced a shock perhaps even greater than that delivered by the National Rally’s successful European elections, as the left wing alliance defied earlier polling and emerged as the biggest grouping in the legislature.

July 8, 2024

UK government and junior doctors open strike negotiations after 1.5 million appointments are cancelled

The new government frames negotiations as the first step to fix ‘broken’ NHS. The new UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, has confirmed that the British government and the British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors committee have re-opened negotiations to end the long-running junior doctors strike.

July 8, 2024

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