Spanish fertility specialist IVI has entered Oman and opened a clinic in Muscat, its third in the Middle East. Luis Saurat, CEO of IVI, shares his views on the market.
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French care home group plans 4,000 beds network
Clineo, a French elderly care group based in southern France, is completing the acquisition of two nursing homes in Spain totalling 390 beds – and expects to own a network of 4,000 beds in the next three years. Its founder Hervé Le Bocq talks to Healthcare Europa.
March 24, 2017
Holland Venture buys dermatology specialist Mauritsklinieken
Dutch private equity house Holland Venture has bought a "significant majority stake" in dermatology chain Mauritsklinieken from SJMG and Waterland. Ewout Prins, managing partner at Holland Venture, tells Healthcare Europa he is looking for buy-and-build opportunities.
March 21, 2017
Will Ambea follow the trend of successful Nordic IPOs?
Triton and KKR are to sell a lot of shares in the Sweden-based elderly and social care provider Ambea IPO - which will raise just SEK 200m (€21m) gross for the company itself, and SEK 2.3 billion (€240m) minus that SEK 200m for those two private equity companies. Will the IPO be as successful as recent Nordics IPOs in the healthcare sector? We speak to CEO Frederik Gren.
March 21, 2017
Korian shares bounce back from dip in the wake of 2016 FY results
One month after the release of its provisional 2016 results, and the 6% fall in its share price which followed, Europe's largest nursing home group Korian’s announcement of its full results saw shares jump back up nearly 7% with a performance in line with expectations. But was this a reflection of a positive reaction, or relief that things weren't worse?
March 17, 2017
International diagnostics company sets up clinical lab in Myanmar for the first time
An international diagnostic services provider is setting up a clinical laboratory in Myanmar for the first time. Healthcare Nova talks to Dr. Win Zaw Aung, managing director of Sea Lion Group - investor in the BDMS-owned new new lab.
March 17, 2017
Ambea announces intention to list on Nasdaq Stockholm
Swedish social and elderly care services provider Ambea has announced its intention to float on Nasdaq Stockholm. The final decision is to be taken by the board “very shortly”, says Fredrik Gren, CEO of Ambea.
March 14, 2017
2.09% drop in French tariffs
Private operators in France will see a total decrease of 2.09% in tariffs and state funding in 2017. Such decision, however, comes as no surprise to the private sector, says Stéphane Pichon, managing partner at YourCare Consult.
March 13, 2017
Interview: Marijan Bilic, Balkans director at Affidea
Netherlands-based pan-European diagnostics imaging group Affidea, which operates 220 diagnostics centres in 16 European countries, has just entered the Serbian market by opening a €4m neurology hospital in Belgrade. Affidea’s Balkans director Marijan Bilic explains why.
March 13, 2017
IEO rejects €250m San Donato-Humanitas joint offer
Shareholders of Italian not-for-profit operators the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) and the Monzino cardiology centre have rejected a €250m offer from the country’s largest providers San Donato and Humanitas and are instead in the process of appointing an international advisor to help evaluate its future.
March 9, 2017
Affidea to launch diagnostics imaging network in Serbia
Pan-European diagnostics imaging provider Affidea has opened a €4m hospital in Belgrade last December and is planning to launch more facilities in other major cities in the next two years. We take a closer look at the company’s plans.
March 9, 2017
The Philippines: a national survey
The Philippines has tremendous potential. It has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and yet it doesn’t have many large healthcare service providers and it lacks a medical infrastructure sufficient to cope with all its residents’ needs. Healthcare Nova looks at the current market there, government policy, and how the private sector is changing.
