Healthcare Europa has learnt from a reliable source that Antin, an infrastructure private equity firm, has entered into an exclusive contract with Almaviva Sante to acquire the French hospital group.
The Netherlands’ largest ambulatory clinic chain announced a 60:40 merger with the second largest yesterday (September 26) creating a group that dominates hip and knee ops, and is aiming for €500m in sales within three years. We speak to Bergman CEO Bart Malenstein and a local advisor.
German nursing home operator MK-Kliniken has sold two-thirds of its nursing home operations to French private equity firm Chequers Capital for a reported €300m. Our source in Germany says now is an opportune time to sell.
Yet another investor has taken a liking to the fast-growing Indian fertility sector with global private equity firm Warburg Pincus set to pay more than US$100m for 20% of the Indira IVF chain.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the top 20 largest non-profit chains in the United States, has expanded in Italy with a 50% acquisition of the Salvator Mundi International Hospital in Rome. We speak to UPMC Italy, and contacts in the country about the move.
The Dubai-based private equity group has had its 52.6% stake acquisition in Kenyan hospital chain Avenue Group approved by the country's antitrust watchdog.
The fourth largest healthcare services company by revenue in Russia is in talks with a group of businessmen led by Alexei Mordashov to sell the business, a proposal that was recently approved by the country's antitrust watchdog. Healthcare Europa speaks to the group's director general about those discussions and the company's expansion.
Ameos, the biggest for-profit operator in German psychiatry has bought its first psychiatric clinic in Switzerland. So what does the Swiss psych sector look like?
Jacob Riis, new CEO at Falck, the international ambulance, fire service and healthcare group, admits H1 2017 results were “not satisfactory” and says he is "systematically examining" the business. Could this be with a view to a sale? Healthcare Europa speaks to an informed source amid speculation that we might soon see a sale of Falck’s healthcare services business – which unlike the rest of the business is doing rather well.
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