Moonray Healthcare acquires Lexum

Moonray Healthcare, the buy and build investment company specialising in healthcare and medical sciences has acquired Lexum the provider of ophthalmology in Czech Republic and Poland. The deal will see a phased transfer of ownership from current investors ARX Equity Partners and founder Professor Martin Filipec who will remain with the group. Lexum operates 10 hospitals across Central Europe including the European Eye Centre, a new 2,500m2 flagship eye hospital in Prague. Moonray Healthcare intends to combine the group with Optegra, its specialist eye hospital group which operates 11 eye hospitals across England and Germany. Together the group will annually perform more than 40,000 surgical procedures and be one of the world’s largest providers of ophthalmology. Tim Clover, chief executive officer at Moonray Healthcare and Optegra said that Lexum provided Optegra with a high quality growth platform in an exciting region. We see lots of similarities between the two groups in terms of quality, innovation and strategy which means that for patients, doctors and employees this marriage makes perfect sense.