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Waterland buys Priory, plans €2bn Median merger after propco sale

PE firm Waterland is buying UK mental health and adult specialist care operator The Priory Group from American Acadia Healthcare for €1.2bn and will merge it with existing portfolio company German rehab chain Median to create a c.€2bn revenue group, the sixth-largest for-profit acute operator in Europe by revenue. We talk to Waterland partner Dr Carsten Rahlfs and Median CEO Dr Andre Schmidt on the deal, plans with Priory and whether selling off the majority of its real estate to MPT is sensible.

Fresenius Helios buys Eugin, Elsan buys C2S

German and Spanish for-profit hospital operator Fresenius Helios has acquired global IVF operator Eugin from in-administration NMC Health, while French number two hospital group Elsan has bought smaller competitor C2S. What does the deal pricing for both say about relative valuations in the two sectors and any COVID impact? 

State of the Region : The UK

As ever, Brexit uncertainty unnerves investors, particularly in the UK care sector. Meanwhile the London hospital market has been depressed as Arab states make other arrangements. Ireland could also be hit badly by Brexit. But there are a vast range of innovative models bubbling under in what remains Europe’s largest for-profit market for the investor. […]

Digital Health – What is Possible Today? A series of case studies

We present two case studies on what operators are achieving today. These specifically look at real take up and usage rates.  How technology is disrupting healthcare services in Asia Demonstration of what works in digital health Thierry Chiche, CEO, Elsan  Big French hospital group Elsan has rolled out a patient app which links the patient […]

Diagnostics: A new global consumer market?

Here we explore new markets for diagnostics, focusing particularly on B2C consumer markets and genetics. Panelists include: Wolf Kupatt, CEO, Amedes   Recently Amedes has developed a battery of B2C tests around areas such as the gut biome and is conducting genetic tests for consumers in Africa and Asia. What has been the feedback and what is […]

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