TPG-backed Indian hospital group Manipal is reportedly eyeing a majority stake in competitor Medanta the Medicity. A merger of the two would create a new top five player in India.
With international hospital group Ramsay's improved offer for Nordic, French and German acute operator Capio set to be successful, it leaves the buyer with a quandary: take on the unprofitable German operations which give it a tiny market position, buy one of the top five players there as a solution, or conclude Capio's divestment process?
The race to buy Punjab-based hospital chain Ivy Health could be hotting up with local press reporting that a "Chinese conglomerate" has entered the fray. We take a wild guess as to which one, while a local source reckons this might just be PR efforts to increase interest in the asset.
One month after Healthcare Europa suggested UK psychiatric and mental health specialist The Priory was up for sale - a rumour strongly denied by the group at the time - there have been further strong reports of buyout talks, naming prospective buyers.
In a wide-ranging interview, Healthcare Europa speaks to Vincenzo di Nicola, managing director of European healthcare at financial services firm Baird.
European lab group Cerba has continued to hoover up French labs, acquiring smaller rival Accolab from private equity firm LFPI Gestion. We name the price.
Medicover's lab arm Synevo has acquired the Ukrainian diagnostics operations of Russian lab group Invitro for €6m, further sealing its dominant position.
Swedish care provider Ambea has acquired the rival care operations of Aleris in Sweden, Norway and Denmark for SEK 2.6bn (€252m), 14x EBITA. Healthcare Europa speaks to Ambea CEO Frederik Gren.
Specialist diagnostics lab company Strand Lifesciences has bought the Indian medical diagnostics arm of Quest Diagnostics. Healthcare Nova speaks to its CEO about the deal, and how the two companies will continue working together going forward.
It still looks likely that the leftist Greek government will pressure Bank of Piraeus into accepting a lower bid from the Onassis Foundation for Henry Dunant rather than a higher offer from consolidator CVC. Meanwhile, CVC has entered talks to buy St Lukes, a big not-for-profit hospital in Thessalonika.
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