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Cerba to buy JS Bio Selas

Franco-Belgian lab chain Cerba European Lab, where PAI has a majority stake, has carried out a bond issue to buy French regional lab chain JS Bio Selas. Meanwhile it has denied rumours that its Luxembourgoise lab Laboratoires Ketterthill is for sale. We look at the price it has paid and at Cerba’s European strategy.
May 30, 2014

IPOs beckon as private equity loses its appetite

There are plenty of indications that private equity is running scared of overpaying for healthcare service assets. This could lead to a spate of IPOs. The big buyers this spring have been stock market quoted groups.
May 30, 2014

FREE BLOG So who is buying what in Africa?

Recent weeks have seen renewed interest in old mature markets. Companies like Life Healthcare of South Africa and Australian player Ramsay Healthcare have bought in Europe. So who is buying in Africa and what assets have they picked up? The big buyer has been Abraaj Capital, the Dubai private equity house, which sold its stake in Acibadem, the upmarket Turkish chain to IHH in 2013. So what has it bought? In total, it has now made six investments.
May 14, 2014

Ukrainian lab overview

After several years of 30% plus growth, the diagnostic lab market in Ukraine has been hit by the crisis.
April 25, 2014

Fresenius set to scoop up European lab group

Dialysis group Fresenius MC is starting due diligence to buy a large European lab group, say two sources. The move would enable Fresenius to build a new leg alongside its dialysis business, which faltered in 2013.
April 23, 2014

Synlab says nein to Amedes

Amedes is claiming a massive hike in its EBITDA, following its acquisition of Medivision, but talks with Synlab have failed to come to anything.
April 16, 2014

Labco looks to IPO

French lab group Labco is mulling an IPO as well as a posible sale to private equity.
April 16, 2014

Five super-regions promise radical reform for Finland

The Finnish government, a coalition between the centre right and the social democrats, is proposing that all publicly paid for healthcare and care services should be procured by five new super regions. They would take over purchasing these services from the 320 municipalities who handle elderly and primary care and the 20 hospital regions who run acute care. But will the new regions actually take over the public nursing homes and hospitals or merely procurement of services? The move is seen as a potential bonanza for the private sector. Is this correct? We talk to Prof. Juhani Lehto about the odds on change.
April 14, 2014
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