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Are investors and Academic Medical Centres a perfect match? In conversation with Nexus Gulf Healthcare’s Renan Baroukh

In an increasingly competitive and constrained healthcare landscape, in which local opportunities to grow and seek investment are becoming more difficult, Academic Medical Centres (AMC) are increasingly pursuing international expansion and investment partnerships in emerging healthcare markets.  Renan Baroukh, Chief Finance & Investment Officer at Nexus Gulf Healthcare, a specialised healthcare investment and development platform […]

Keys Group buys ADHD 360

Keys Group, a UK provider of child and adult education and care services, has acquired ADHD 360, one of the UK’s largest private providers of services for people with ADHD.

PHP attempts to outbid KKR for Assura

Primary Healthcare Properties (PHP), a listed UK REIT focused on the primary care sector, has upped its bid for Assura, its main competitor as the only other REIT with a significant portfolio of UK GP practices. US PE firms KKR and Stonepeak have meanwhile reiterated their joint offer for Assura, saying PHP’s would be more risky. Assura has delayed its planned shareholder vote on the KKR/Stonepeak offer to properly consider the new PHP offer.

Health crisis in Colombia sees hospital unit closures and medication shortages

Earlier this month reports showed Colombia’s already-struggling health system seeing units in hospitals in capital Bogotá being forced to close down to be able to continue other types of care services. In recent months patients have also been denied access to medications and health services, with the financial crisis facing the healthcare sector in the country still unfolding. 

23andMe to be bought by US biotech company Regeneron

US-based biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals intends to buy the assets of genetics-led consumer healthcare and biotech company 23andMe in a bankruptcy auction, both companies announced on Monday.

FREE BLOG Is Australia being pulled towards a US-style care model?

Healthscope, the nation’s second-largest hospital group, is facing serious financial difficulties. Its owner, private equity firm Brookfield Business Partners, has effectively stepped aside, handing control to creditors after failed restructuring attempts. Brookfield blames this on low insurer reimbursements. Health insurers, however, point the finger at poor management. A solvent restructuring process is now underway, with the country’s largest hospital Ramsay Health Care reportedly considering a potential acquisition.

Has UK healthcare deal momentum returned?

After a slow 2024, optimism for a rebound in the UK healthcare M&A activity in 2025 was high. Investors and bankers were expecting to re-engage, expecting a rise in M&A and IPOs.  However, while deal momentum is steady and has remained on par with 2024 deal levels, it hasn't reached the anticipated rebound, with macro uncertainties like tariffs, elections, and other global tensions causing investor caution

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