Healthcare
EQT Equity completes first US investment with Press Ganey takeover
Nordic PE firm taps its EQT VII vehicle despite having a dedicated US fund
Permira's Higèa buys Biomedicale for €8.6m
Deal marks the 13th acquisition in the biomedical sector for the PE-backed group
Bayern Kapital provides €2m for Numares Health series-C
Regensburg-based company has so far gathered an estimated $29.5m through venture funding
Lophius raises €4.25m from Bayern Kapital et al.
Researchers hope to initiate the first studies of the company's research tools in two years
BGF injects £10m into Kids Planet
GP intends to back the companyтs expansion across the North-West region of England
3i makes £73m from sale of US-based Quintiles Transnational
Total return on investment reaches 3.3x with the GP’s full exit from the biopharma services business
Deal in focus: IK sells Vemedia to Charterhouse Capital
Vendor's international buy-and-build strategy helped transform the Belgian pharmaceutical company into a pan-European force
Deal in Focus: Ardian buys Dedalus for market consolidation
An in-depth look at Ardian's most recent investment in the Italian healthcare technology sector
Waterland's Median buys AHG
With the integration of AHG, the group will have an annual turnover of €1bn
IK sells Vemedia to Charterhouse
IK acquired the business in 2012 in an SBO via the IK 2007 Fund
ArchiMed buys Italian biotech business Micromed
Deal marks the GP's second transaction in the Italian healthcare sector since inception
Summit-backed DentalPro buys Dentadent
Deal marks the second bolt-on acquisition for the Italian dental clinic group
BPI France invests €95m in Bridgepoint-backed MédiPôle
Private healthcare group has been backed by Bridgepoint since 2011
Synova invests £30m in Oakland Primecare's MBO
Care home operator will expand by increasing its number of facilities
MCH in Geroresidencias-La Saleta exit
GP acquired the company as part of a direct secondaries deal in February 2016
Charme buys 75% stake in Igenomix
Deal marks the first investment for Charme III fund and the first since the launch of the firm's Spanish office
Agilitas backs MBO of Exemplar in £150m deal
Residential nursing care business will invest in new facilities following the transaction
Calculus invests £2.5m in listed portfolio company Epistem
Diagnostics company will invest in new low-cost medical tests
VC-backed GenSight Biologics raises €40m in IPO
Flotation on Euronext Paris gives the biotech a market cap of €149m
Apax buys pharma business Neuraxpharm
Acquisition is part of Apax's plan to consolidate the European generic medicines market
Ardian acquires Ionisos from Agilitas
Transaction marks fourth buyout of sterilisation group in space of 12 years
Corpfin buys 60% stake in Palex
Founding family has sold a controlling stake in the business after 51 years
Apax Partners buys Invent Farma for €220m
Deal marks the first investment in Catalonia for Apax since the 2007 crisis
Creathor backs CryoTherapeutics' €5.2m round
Fresh funding will be used for a clinical trial and to secure market approval