The sale of pan-European hospital group Capio AB looks imminent after the board of directors recommended an increased offer from private equity consortium Opica, a partnership between Apax Partners and Nordic Capital, valuing the company at SEK 16.993m (£1.227bn).Following Capio’s swift rebuttal of Opica’s SEK 153 (£11.1) per share offer last month (HMN August/September 2006),…