UK-based private equity firm Charterhouse Capital is buying the entire listed share capital of AIM-listed animal health firm Animalcare for around £235 million (~$316.9 million).
Zenex Animal Health, an animal health company based in western India and backed by private equity firm Multiples PE, has bought Netherlands-based VievePharm, which specialises in natural animal health and nutrition products.
French private equity firm PAI Partners is set to buy Belgium based Innovad Group, which makes animal health and nutrition products, from London-based IK Partners’ IK IX Fund.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) looks set to force several new stipulations on the UK’s veterinary sector. The CMA’s proposals are primarily focused on increasing transparency for customers, by forcing practices to publish full lists of prices and make it clear whether they are part of a chain, prompting some relief from investors concerned about more draconian intervention.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and other key industry groups have responded to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA)’s proposed measures to address concerns over competition in the industry as part of an investigation.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed measures to increase price transparency in the UK’s veterinary sector, and even suggested limited price controls. Shares of listed veterinary groups jumped up, however, as the proposed measures did not include much-feared forced asset sales.
Large scale healthcare services M&A has been mostly on hold in Europe for almost three years now. Despite all the economic and geopolitical uncertainty the world is currently facing, 2025 will probably see more activity.
A veterinary services business is fast becoming a ‘must have’ for every private equity healthcare portfolio. And with that in mind, HBI spoke with Daniel Einhorn, founder and former CEO of French veterinary services provider Sevetys, to better understand why they are such a compelling addition.
As the healthcare and life sciences sector emerges from a period of consolidation and slower deal activity, investors are eyeing 2025 with cautious optimism. HPE Europe, a conference hosted by multinational law firm McDermott, Will & Emery (MWE), convened in London this autumn to explore key investment themes and strategies for the year ahead, with HBI in attendance.
The UK, Germany, and France lead in veterinary diagnostics, while southern Europe lags According to UK’s online pet marketplace Pets4Homes, demand for puppies for sale rose by 104% at the peak of the lockdown in May 2020. S&P Global notes animal diagnostics is now a growing area. MI:RNA Diagnostics, a Scottish veterinary diagnostics company, […]
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