ArchiMed Acquires ImaBiotech and Pyxant Labs; Pyxant Acquires LabCorp/Covance Salt Lake City Site

ARCHIMED Acquires BioVendor Group

March 11, 2025

Medical Devices

ARCHIMED, a Europe-focused private equity firm specializing in healthcare, has acquired BioVendor Group, a Brno-headquartered developer and manufacturer of in‑vitro diagnostics and immunoassays. ARCHIMED will partner with existing management to accelerate internationalization, product innovation and commercial expansion as part of its MED III fund's diagnostics investment strategy.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Germany's Zyto Group

January 12, 2021

Medical Devices

ARCHIMED, through its MED II fund, has acquired a majority stake in the Zyto group — a German developer, manufacturer and distributor of advanced cancer diagnostics, including Zytomed, ZytoVision and 42 Life Sciences. The deal will keep founders and management as significant minority shareholders and is intended to accelerate product innovation, regulatory capabilities and international expansion of the group's precision oncology diagnostics.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Cube (Cube Biotech)

November 3, 2021

Biotechnology

Transatlantic healthcare private equity firm ARCHIMED has purchased a majority stake in Monheim, Germany-based Cube (Cube Biotech), a specialist provider of high-purity, stable membrane proteins for drug discovery. ARCHIMED will support Cube's US market expansion and broaden its product and service offering organically and via acquisitions while Cube's founding management remain significant shareholders and continue to lead the business.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Xpress Biologics

October 5, 2021

Biotechnology

ARCHIMED has acquired a majority stake in Liège-based Xpress Biologics and will finance a ten-fold expansion of the company's plasmid DNA production capacity with the implementation of GMP services. Founders Christian Rodriguez, Philippe Ledent and Marc Daukandt, together with public investor Noshaq, will reinvest proceeds; ARCHIMED is investing via its MED II fund to help internationalize distribution into the US and Asia‑Pacific.

ARCHIMED Acquires Groupe Laboratoire Rivadis

September 8, 2025

Consumer Products

ARCHIMED, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired Groupe Laboratoire Rivadis, a French developer and manufacturer of dermo-cosmetics and hygiene products (brands include Rivadouce, Milton and Auriège). The seller, majority shareholder Christian Lainé, is reinvesting a meaningful portion of proceeds; ARCHIMED plans to support Rivadis' growth and strengthen its position in the consumer health / dermo-cosmetics market.

ARCHIMED (via MED Platform I) Acquires Majority Stake in SUANFARMA

November 18, 2021

Pharmaceuticals

Transatlantic healthcare-focused private equity firm ARCHIMED, through its MED Platform I (MPI) fund, has acquired a majority stake in Madrid-based SUANFARMA, a manufacturer and distributor of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and nutraceutical ingredients. Ares Management provided debt financing for the transaction; SUANFARMA founder Héctor Ara and members of management rolled a material minority stake into the business and remain significant shareholders.