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ISIS Equity Partners has continued its strategy of investing in healthcare and IT by buying ScriptSwitch, a developer of medical prescription software.
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The management team at an Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of healthcare equipment has bought the company after securing the backing of a US private equity firm.
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Medical product distributor Williams Medical Supplies (WMS) has been bought by two of its directors.
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Homecare provider Complete Personal Assistance (CPA) has expanded its business following its acquisition of Paediatric Nursing Link (PNL) for £2.2 million.
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Drug developer ImmuPharma, which is focusing its efforts on converting small peptides into clinically viable compounds, hopes to launch on AIM on Friday – after raising £2.2 million from investors with the aid of broker KBC Peel Hunt.
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A company in which technology specialist VCT manager Quester has invested stands to receive a boost from rising fears over a possible Avian flu outbreak. The investment group backed PowderMed via the Isis College Fund it manages, in an initial £20 million fundraising in May 2004.
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Specialist healthcare investor Sitka, founded by former Schroders venture capitalist Gerard Tardy and Dr Louis Nisbet, who built up quoted biotech Xenova, has been bought by Noble Fund Managers.
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Diabetes testing technology developer Quotient Diagnostics has raised £800,000 from a syndicate of backers - including The Capital Fund, GEIF Ventures and NESTA - and will use the cash to develop its technologies through to commercialisation.
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Private investor network Hotbed has raised £4 million from its members, as part of a total £15 million expansion capital package for nursing homes operator Mimosa Healthcare.
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A producer of equipment using lasers that treat medical and cosmetic skin conditions will join AIM next week, having raised £1.6 million net via a placing organised by Corporate Synergy.
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Armstrong Healthcare, the developer of precision robots for neurosurgical, cardio-thoracic and laparoscopic procedures, has completed a £1 million top-up fundraising to support clinical trials of its three main products.
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Legal & General Ventures, the private equity arm of the eponymous financial services group, has bought healthcare products manufacturer and distributor Verna for £60 million.
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