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Private healthcare in Europe is growing fast. Healthcare Europa follows the deals,maps the markets and identifies the opportunities thrown up by reform, technology and consumer demand.

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Helios, Wupperthal
With over 1,000 beds, one of the largest hospitals in western Germany.

Big private equity deals are back: Big private equity groups are back in the market and bagging big healthcare services groups. Bridgepoint has just announced the purchase of Care UK, the healthcare and care group, in the UK. Triton has just bought Ambea, the biggest healthcare and care group in the Nordic region.
Opportunities in imaging: I’ve been mulling over the opportunities in medical imaging over the last few weeks. It can look like a very dangerous business but...

Ex-furniture VP, ex-Mars brand manager for Norlandia: We talk to Hilde Britt Melby, the new chief executive at Norlandia Care, the biggest Norwegian care group, and former SVP at Scandinavian Business Seating about her ambitions to be number one in Scandinavia.
MESA hits Europe: MESA, the international offshoot of Masterplan, the world’s largest third party imaging servicing and refurbishment company, has hit Europe and has signed a five year deal with Euromedic, the second largest private imaging group in Europe.
Eight offers for Labor Leverkusen: There have been no fewer than eight offers for Labor Leverkusen, the fast-growing German lab group, say sources close to the company.

Interview: Ewald Walgenbach, BC Partners: We interview BC Partners director Ewald Walgenbach about BC’s creation, through three rapid-fire deals, of Synlab, Europe’s third largest lab group.
Interview: Peter Lednicky, managing director, Alpha Medical: Slovak lab group Alpha Medical is now number two in the Czech market, following its acquisition of Aeskulab. It has also just entered the Polish market. Healthcare Europa talks to Peter Lednicky, managing director of Alpha, which is 100% owned by private equity group Penta Investments about the markets and his plans.