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Dentalpro acquires Vitaldent Italia and plans further expansion

BC-Partners backed for-profit Italian dentistry group DentalPro has signed an agreement to acquire Vitaldent Italia from JB Capital. The agreement will see DentalPro take control of Vitaldent’s 80 dental practices and integrate them into DentalPro’s network and brand.

Elsan to “refrain from sizeable acqusitions for 12-18 months” after C2S deal

Credit rating agency Moody's understands that France's largest for-profit acute hospital group Elsan will "refrain from sizeable debt-funded acquisitions such as Groupe C2S over the next 12 to 18 months and focus on bolt-on acquisitions," after downgrading its debt rating outlook to 'negative' following an increase in leverage from its the deal. We talk to Elsan and L.E.K. France.

UnitedHealth Group appoints new CEO

UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurance firm in the United States, has appointed a new CEO.  Andrew Witty will take the helm from outgoing CEO David Wichmann, following his three-year tenure.

How digital is digital health?

Vast sums are being invested in so-called “digital health” but there remains surprisingly little medical proof that digital therapeutics, telemonitoring and coaching programmes actually work. And often so-called digital platforms merely knit together analogue processes. For instance, linking millions of diabetes patients to human counsellors and logging their blood sugar and insulin doses online may merely add huge cost without improving outcomes.

Still no buyer for IDH/mydentist

HBI understands that, despite a pushed-back deadline for final bids having passed last month, there is still no buyer for UK-based dental specialist IDH. What is happening with the process as it approaches its fifth month? HBI speaks to an adviser source to find out more.

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