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Investors choose between Affidea and IVI RMA

Big private equity players in health care face a choice as to whether to go for Pan-European imaging group Affidea which is for sale through Goldman Sachs or for IVI RMA, the international fertility group.

Sanitas doubles rehabilitation centres in Spain

Spanish hospital group Sanitas Hospitales (a subsidiary of Bupa-owned insurance firm Sanitas) is launching seven new rehabilitation centres in Spain. The new Advanced Rehabilitation Centers will be opened mainly in Madrid. Alongside eight remaining centres located in Madrid, Valencia and Zaragoza, Sanitas will own 15 monographic rehabilitation centres in Spain. Sanitas CEO Inaki Peralta announced […]

Nursing homes: Recovering from the Covid crash in Europe

Nursing homes were firmly in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as the pandemic hit at the start of 2020. Mortality rates were high, morale was low, and huge reputational damage was done. Two years on, HBI speaks to three European operators to find out how the market is recovering.

Genetics: the M&A drive

The big diagnostic lab groups are on a frantic M&A drive to capture capacity in genetic testing. The deals reflect the hunger for specialist genetic doctors, biologists and counsellors in a manpower intensive field which is seeing explosive growth. We look at recent deals and name the new competitors who are entering the market.

Galician hospitals sue government for pandemic losses

Ten private hospitals in the Galicia province in northwest Spain are suing the regional Ministry of Health for rejecting their request for compensation for losses they incurred whilst helping the public sector in the first months of the Covid pandemic.

Affidea sale – potential price and buyers

European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.

Vivanta ditching aesthetics to focus on dentistry

Vivanta, Spain’s third largest dental group by revenue, is rebranding to focus on its core dental activities. The company is to divest its aesthetics division, and change its name to Vivantadental.

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