As expected, M&A deal flow slowed through August as bankers and executives headed out on summer vacations. HBI has caught up with the mid-to-small-cap deals you may have missed; featuring hospitals, ophthalmology, and homecare.
While sales and profits at Europe's largest traditional players swelled during the pandemic, the sector also saw an influx of non-traditional players. The trend has seen biotech companies start to sell their COVID-19 tests direct to the customer.
GCC investment firm Foundation Holdings has bought a majority stake in Saudi primary care business Shifa Al Munthaza Polyclinic (SMP) and has plans to list it in the next two years. HBI speaks to CEO Abishek Sharma to find out about its growth plans.
Quin, a Dutch telehealth company founded by Bergman's former CEO, is selling the GP practices that started as an experiment in digi-physical care. Reports put the retreat down to staffing shortages and capacity management issues.
Terveystalo, the largest healthcare group in Finland by revenue, has acquired Siverpersoona Oy which offers speech therapy and speech impairment services. In 2020 Sivupersoona’s revenue was approximately €3.5m.
Growth in public sector outsourcing of imaging in Croatia and Slovenia has driven investor interest in the sector while Serbia has gone the opposite direction, with Affidea pulling out of the private pay-reliant market.
Doctor-booking platforms is an established multi-million euro market in Europe. However, platforms that connect families with carers have so far lagged behind. That is starting to change with the emergence of new carer-booking platforms that want to internationalise. HBI speaks to one, Greece's grandmama.
Brazilian hospital group Rede D'Or has pulled back on its attempt to takeover imaging group Alliar after it became clear it could not take control. However, large lab group Fleury has now also thrown its hat into the ring for a stake.
Hungarian billionaire Sándor Csányi has bought out the remaining 25% equity of Buda Health Center, Hungary's second-largest private acute care operator by revenue, from its founder. The new ownership is set on completing the construction of a new inpatient block.
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