GENUI sells labor team to Galenica
Business and impact scaled successfully
Zurich/Goldach/Hamburg, July 2, 2025 – Investment firm GENUI sells Swiss diagnostics provider labor team to Swiss pharmaceutical company Galenica. An agreement has been signed. GENUI acquired labor team in 2021. Since then, the company has become one of the four largest laboratories in Switzerland with revenues in excess of 100m CHF and more than 300 employees. The purchase price is not disclosed. The transaction is subject to approval by the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO), which is expected in the second half of 2025.
Partnership guided by “Good Entrepreneurship”
GENUI invests in market-leading companies in the fields of healthcare, energy transition, and digitalization – where both the business and positive impact can be scaled – following an approach of “Good Entrepreneurship,” as exemplified with labor team:
“We acquired the company directly from its founder in 2021, based on a strong relationship of trust,” explains Olivier Franscella, who manages GENUI’s Swiss business. “We then established a professional advisory board chaired by GENUI Entrepreneur Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Debatin and appointed Alain Cahen, a top-tier CEO, to lead the company. From the outset, our goal was to scale both LT’s business and its positive impact.”
GENUI is a team of experienced investors and more than 30 exceptional entrepreneurs who have successfully built global market leaders. Each GENUI portfolio company is supported by one of these entrepreneurs as chairman of the advisory board. In the case of labor team, this role was filled by Jörg Debatin. He has served as chairman of the German Federal Ministry of Health’s health innovation hub and brought many years of experience as an entrepreneur and CEO in the healthcare sector to the company. He is also very familiar with the Swiss healthcare market, having worked for six years at the University Hospital Zurich.
Successful scaling of labor team
labor team is one of the four largest private medical laboratories in Switzerland. Founded in 2001, the physician-led company employs more than 300 people and provides professional services in the prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases.
Olivier Franscella reflects on the company’s progress: “After acquiring labor team in 2021, the company launched innovative diagnostic tests, completed two strategic acquisitions, and grew into one of the four largest labs in Switzerland. Today, labor team is a leader in specialized diagnostics, characterized by advanced automation solutions and sustainable logistics. It has been a pleasure for GENUI Entrepreneur Jörg Debatin and our team to support the labor team management on this very successful journey.”
labor team will continue to expand its leading position under the umbrella of Galenica
Dr. med. Alain M. Cahen, CEO of labor team, says: “Under GENUI’s ownership, we have realized strong and successful growth in recent years, and we thank the entire team for their outstanding partnership. As part of the Galenica network, we are now well positioned to further expand our leading role in the Swiss market and make our broad range of services systematically available throughout Switzerland.”Galenica is a publicly listed Swiss pharmaceutical company with approximately 8,000 employees.
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About GENUI
GENUI is a private investment firm based in Hamburg/Germany and Zurich/Switzerland. It was founded in 2014 by renowned entrepreneurs and experienced investment professionals, who have been investing in companies for over two decades and supporting them on their growth paths. GENUI follows the approach of “Good Entrepreneurship”, combining attractive returns and positive impact. The more than 30 GENUI entrepreneurs (founders and owners of companies such as BioNTech, Fressnapf, Adecco, Cancom and others) are actively and personally involved in all stages of the investment process. The focus of GENUI is on investments in market leaders in health, energy transition, and digitalization.
More information: genui.de
About labor team
labor team w ag, based in Goldach in the canton of St Gallen, is one of Switzerland's leading private medical laboratories. Established in 2001 and run by medical professionals, it is now the fourth largest laboratory in Switzerland, with over 330 employees. labor team is one of the few laboratories that serves the whole of Switzerland. It provides professional services for disease prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of illnesses. The company covers every aspect of laboratory medicine and pathology. It performs medical tests and analyses in a state-of-the-art central laboratory, resulting in top quality services, a high level of flexibility and fast turnarounds.
For more information, visit: laborteam.ch
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