UK: Merck set to acquire Verona Pharma for US$10bn
New York listed Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, is to acquire Verona Pharma, a London headquartered biopharmaceutical company focused on...
France: SK Capital in talks to acquire Lisi Group’s medical division
SK Capital, a New York-based private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, ingredients, and life sciences sectors, has entered into exclusive negotiations with...
Europe: Rhône enters discussions to combine DHG and Invacare to expand leadership in healthcare...
Rhône, a transatlantic, mid-market PE firm, has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire a majority shareholding in two global players in the healthcare and...
Germany: SHS Capital aims to build leading medical technology group with acquisition of majority...
Germany-based healthcare investor SHS Capital has acquired a majority stake in Ackermann Instrumente, a Germany-basedmanufacturer of high-quality surgical instruments focused on endoscopy, implantology and...
UK: Exponent announces final close of Fund V at £900m
Exponent, a European private equity firm, has announced the final close of its fifth fund, Exponent Private Equity Partners V, with £900m (US$1.225bn) in...
Germany: Paradigm Spine returns to Viscogliosi Brothers portfolio through Companion Spine
Companion Spine, a French-American specialist in spine pain-management surgery, has agreed to acquire the Coflex Interlaminar Stabilization device and CoFix Posterior MIS Fusion System...
Switzerland: University Hospital Basel buys Claraspital strengthening university medicine in Basel
The University Hospital Basel (USB) is taking over St Claraspital, a private acute care hospital with 210 beds, and other companies from St Clara...
The Netherlands: Gilde Healthcare combines Artinis and NIRx into a world-leading neuroimaging group
Specialized healthcare investor, Gilde Healthcare, has combined private equity investments in Artinis Medical Systems (Netherlands) and NIRx Medical Technologies (Germany/US), pioneers in functional Near-Infrared...
Germany: GHO to acquire majority holding in FotoFinder Systems
GHO Capital Partners, a European specialist investor in global healthcare, is to acquire a majority holding in EMZ portfolio company, FotoFinder Systems, a Germany-based...
Ireland: cormeo joins forces with IPHA via majority stake acquisition of medicines.ie
Bertelsmann Investments via its Germany-based pharma tech holding unit cormeo has acquired a majority stake in medicines.ie in a venture that sees cormeo and...
















