Italy's Dedalus in exclusive talks with Agfa-Gevaert to buy its IT business

Agfa Gevaert NV

02/12/2019 07:57

MILAN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Italian clinical healthcare
software group Dedalus said on Monday it has submitted an offer
and entered into exclusive negotiations to buy part of
Agfa-Gevaert's  AGFB.BR  healthcare information technology
business.
    Last month Germany's Compugroup Medical  COPMa.DE  and
Dedalus, 60%-owned by private investment group Ardian, were
shortlisted for the business, which has a 260 million euro
revenue.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N27K5PI
    Agfa announced plans to carve out the healthcare IT
activities as a standalone legal entity in 2017 and began the
process this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2773WT
    
    

 (Reporting by Elisa Anzolin)
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