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Health unicorn Doctolib plots £100m UK expansion, acquires London-based Medicus

The French scaleup says plans to hire 150 people and open a R&D centre in London

French healthtech unicorn Doctolib has acquired Medicus, a London-based startup providing software services to NHS general practitioners (GPs), as it moves to expand to the UK.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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