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Healthcare Sector

Articles, news and analysis on growth businesses operating in the healthcare sector.

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Optical measurement company raises £1 million

Lein Applied Diagnostics, a developer of non-invasive optical measurement technology, has raised £1 million from two investors.

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ImmuPharma sells shares

Drug discoverer ImmuPharma’s chairman and chief executive have sold £10.75 million of shares to M&G and other institutions.

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Neoss gets teeth into £5.5 million 

Privately owned Neoss, a developer of dental implants based in Harrogate, has secured £5.5 million to fund research and development and global sales expansion.

Entrepreneurs

Rising star: Marc Koska

Marc Koska spent 24 years working on his single-use syringe, which is designed to reduce the spread of disease in poor countries. His company Star Syringe is now profitable with revenues of £1.5 million

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Positive vision for healthcare deals

Whether the numbers are up or down, strategic buyers are still in the market for deals. Andrew MacLeod reports

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NeutraHealth’s Perrigo deal

NeutraHealth has become the UK's largest provider of private-label vitamins and supplements after buying one of its rivals.

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Graphite sells Summit Medical

Summit Medical, a specialist in medical devices in the orthopaedic sector, has been acquired for £36 million by international private equity firm The Riverside Company.

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Cinven in healthcare bolt-on

LGV Capital has agreed to sell Classic Hospitals Group (Classic Hospitals) to Spire Healthcare for £145 million, furnishing private equity giant Cinven with a new addition to its healthcare portfolio.

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Hospital operator sold for £145 million

Classic Hospitals, which owns and operates ten hospitals across England, has been sold to Spire Healthcare (formerly BUPA Hospitals) for £145 million.

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Threefold return for Matrix on BBI sale

Private equity firm Matrix says it has realised a return of 3.3 times its investment in diagnostics and diabetes specialist BBI Holdings.

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Neoss raises £10 million

Dental implant company Neoss has completed a £10 million round of funding from venture capital firm MM Ventures, its sixth from the investor.

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AIM newcomer buys US medical billing specialist

CBaySystems, which offers business process outsourcing services to the US healthcare industry, has acquired US-based medical billing specialist AMSplus.