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H.I.G. Capital-backed Vernacare buys Eakin Surgical

Vernacare, a manufacturer of single-use medical devices and healthcare consumables backed by private equity firm H.I.G. Capital has acquired Eakin Surgical Limited from Eakin Healthcare Group, a family-owned medical device company. Eakin Surgical is a UK-based manufacturer of single-use surgical instruments.

HBI 2026: Creating value in changing times, from reactive to preventive

Healthcare systems across the world are under pressure from rising demand, ageing populations, and constrained resources. As a result, the definition of “value” in healthcare is being re-examined. Traditionally, value has meant achieving better outcomes at lower cost. At HBI 2026, a panel featuring Dimitris Moulavasilis, Group CEO at Abu Dhabi-based healthcare company M42; Pascal […]

Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk has partnered with the American AI research organisation OpenAI to embed AI across drug development and operations, treating it as part of everyday workflows rather than a standalone project.

Revenio acquires Visionix expanding into OCT market

Revenio, a Finnish company specialising in ophthalmic diagnostics and software, has bought Visionix, a French ophthalmic technology group. The transaction values Visionix at an enterprise value of €290 million.

2025 saw highest ever residential elderly care real estate investment in Europe

2025 was a record year for investment into European care real estate, with a total of over €14 billion invested according to data from real estate broker Cushman and Wakefield. However, about half of this came from a single US REIT, Welltower, buying up a large chunk of the UK's care infrastructure.

HBI Deals+Insights briefing April 2026: Intelligence members

HBI’s April 2026 monthly edition includes HBI’s first ever Healthcare Property Investors Ranking 2026 edition, tracking the main players investing in European healthcare real estate. It also includes the HBI first ever CEO Survey based on responses from C-suite leaders across healthcare organisations.

HBI Deals+Insights briefing April 2026: Deals+Insights members

HBI’s April 2026 monthly edition includes HBI’s first ever Healthcare Property Investors Ranking 2026 edition, tracking the main players investing in European healthcare real estate. It also includes the HBI first ever CEO Survey based on responses from C-suite leaders across healthcare organisations.

HBI 2026: Healthcare Property Summit

Speakers at the ‘Healthcare Property Summit’ at HBI 2026 expressed qualified optimism about the state of Europe’s healthcare real estate market. The record €21 billion inflow the continent saw in 2025, boosted by US healthcare REIT Welltower’s ~€8 billion investment into the UK’s care sector, “clearly shows confidence that the market is back,” as Nicolas Sannier, EMEA Healthcare Lead - Valuation & Risk at real estate services firm JLL, put it.

Rantum Capital acquires German medtech firm Tontarra 

Frankfurt-based investment firm Rantum Capital has acquired Tontarra Medizintechnik GmbH, a German developer and manufacturer of high-precision, premium surgical instruments and endoscopy products. This is the seventh investment from Rantum Capital’s mid-market private equity investment vehicle, Rantum Private Equity Fund II, which focuses on the DACH region. 

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