Private equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen ($2.17 billion), a person with direct knowledge of...
US fund Platinum acquires Inventia Health in India foray
The US-based buyout fund Platinum Equity Advisors has signed its debut private equity deal in India. It has acquired a significant majority stake in Inventia Healthcare, Mumbai-based pharmaceuticals company, at a...
HCG acquires Vizag based cancer hospital for enterprise valuation of Rs 414 crore
HCG, India’s largest speciality cancer care chain on Friday acquired controlling stake in 196-bedded Visakhapatnam-based cancer hospital Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute (MGCHRI) for an...
Board of Vijaya Diagnostic Centre approves merger with Medinova Diagnostic Services
At meeting held on 26 June 2024. The Board of Directors of Vijaya Diagnostic Centre (VDCL) and Medinova Diagnostic Services (MDSL) at their respective Board meetings held today, approved the Scheme of Amalgamation for...
Everstone to merge two healthcare companies, list combined firm
Everstone Capital, the Pan Asia private equity fund, is merging two of its healthcare portfolios as part of an eventual big-ticket IPO plan, said multiple people aware of the development. Translumina Therapeutics, one...
Asian buyout firm shortlists bidders for $800 million Malaysia hospital sale
Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare and Sunway are among the three bidders in a race to acquire one of the country’s largest hospitals from buyout firm Affinity Equity Partners, people familiar with the situation said. A second...
Boston Scientific to buy Silk Road Medical in $1.16 billion deal
Boston Scientific will buy Silk Road Medical in a $1.16 billion deal, the company said on Tuesday, adding medical devices used for stroke prevention. Boston, which generates most of its revenue from sales of heart...
Fortis, Apollo, Medanta, and Max lead the charge in bidding war for Jaypee Healthcare
Fortis Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Medanta and Max Healthcare are among half a dozen companies that have shown preliminary interest in acquiring Jaypee Healthcare, the last of the Jaiprakash Group’s priced...
NCLT admits Pune-based Cian Healthcare under insolvency over dues worth ₹1.14 cr
The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday admitted Cian Healthcare under insolvency following an application filed by one of its operational creditors over unpaid dues worth ₹1.14 crore...
Sigma’s $5.9 bln merger with Australia’s Chemist Warehouse raises regulatory concerns
Australia’s competition regulator on Thursday flagged major concerns with Sigma Healthcare’s proposed merger with retailer Chemist Warehouse Group to form a A$8.8 billion ($5.9 billion) company. The...
Kotak Alt funds Matrix founder’s buyout of Viatris API business
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers said it has invested Rs 1,445 crore in Matrix Laboratories founder Nimmagadda Prasad’s acquisition of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business of Viatris. Kotak Alt made...
CX Partners buys controlling stake in fertility centre Sabine
Private equity firm CX Partners said it has picked up a controlling stake in Sabine Hospital and Research Centre, a Kerala-based fertility services, mother and child care provider, for $50 million, or about Rs 420 crore...