CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad, successfully performed a hysterectomy on a 46-year-old female with an enlarged uterus using Medtronic's Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system. This is the first of its kind gynecological procedure in Asia Pacific. The CARE Hospitals Group, is an asset of San Francisco headquartered private equity firm TPG Growth...
U.K.'s Apax Partners Acquires India's Healthium Medtech
London-headquartered Apax Partners acquired Bangalore-based Healthium Medtech in a deal worth approximately $350 million. (In mid-March I had mentioned that this deal was in the offing.) Healthium is India's largest medical consumables and surgical sutures company. It also owns Quality Needles and U.K.-based Clini Supplies. "Healthcare is a key focus...