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KKR, TPG Capital, and Apax Partners front-run the acquisition of India’s cardiac stent maker SMT

US-based global investment company KKR, private equity firm TPG Capital, and British private equity firm Apax Partners are reportedly exploring an investment in India’s Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMT), Economic Times reported. SMT is a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive coronary stent systems, valued at Rs 3,500-4,000 crore (~$420-480 million USD). Alongside KKR, TPG Capital, […]

Healthcare investment “through the bottom of the cycle” — Goldberg (Rothschild)

At last year’s conference Hedley Goldberg, Managing Director at multinational investment bank Rothschild, predicted healthcare M&A activity would begin picking up again in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. But we’re now halfway through 2024 and there are still very few deals above €500m taking place. Goldberg is confident, however, that we have now passed through the bottom of the cycle.

Alvarez & Marsal to sell NMC’s fertility arm

NMC Health Plc’s administrators have started selling off parts of the business according to Bloomberg with an auction of the fertility business as early as June. Consultants Alvarez & Marsal who are handling the business have invited bids for NMC’s distribution business according to the article. Potential acquirers have been asked to submit offers this […]

COVID-19: Care sector confronts crisis, hospitals hit hard

In the second of our two-part deep dive into how COVID-19 is hitting healthcare markets across EMEA, we ask how hospitals are coping with spiralling staff sickness and a flood of patients, and whether the care and dialysis sectors can stay afloat given the risk the virus poses to their most vulnerable patients.

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