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MidEuropa buys wheelchair CDMO and Croatian opticians’ chain

Central European private equity firm MidEuropa has acquired MBL Group, Europe’s largest contract research and development organisation (CDMO) focused on assisted mobility devices, and has also acquired Optika Anda, Croatia’s largest optical retail chain.

FREE BLOG Happy New Year: Creating Value in Changing Times

In a little over ten weeks HBI 2026 will kick-off with the theme, “Creating Value in Changing Times”. I’m thrilled to be able to share that all the signs are pointing towards this being the biggest HBI conference yet. 

Alcon fails to get enough STAAR Surgical shareholders to agree to takeover

Implantable lenses maker STAAR Surgical and Alcon, the world’s largest ophtha device manufacturer, have terminated the merger agreement between them after STAAR failed to get enough of its shareholders to agree to sell. This means STAAR will not be bought out by Alcon and will continue to trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange as its own company.

Interview: George Tomeski, Helfie AI

Helfie AI is an Australian start-up that is building what its founder, George Tomeski, describes as “a whole new operating system for human health”. This is not simply hyperbole or PR-speak. What Helfie is building is indeed groundbreaking.

FREE BLOG The HBI Hot Private Equity List— coming January 2026

In January 2026, HBI will publish its first-ever Hot Private Equity Firms List, spotlighting the investors most active in healthcare deals globally. Built from publicly available portfolio disclosures and announced transactions, the list identifies the private equity firms deploying capital across healthcare services, life sciences, medtech and digital health. Rather than a simple ranking, the […]

Carbyne Equity Partners buys SuanNutra from ARCHIMED

Carbyne Equity Partners, a German private equity firm, has acquired SuanNutra, a division of the Spanish company Suanfarma that makes and supplies ingredients for the pharmaceutical, veterinary and nutritional sectors. The business was bought from French private equity firm ARCHIMED.

Philips expands coronary imaging portfolio

Dutch multinational company Philips has agreed to acquire US medtech firm SpectraWAVE, strengthening its image-guided therapy business and expanding its presence in the coronary intervention segment. A Philips spokesperson told HBI that the deal aligns with the company’s continued focus on minimally invasive, image-guided therapy.

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