Teladoc, which claims to be America’s largest telehealth platform, has acquired global second opinion group Best Doctors for $375m in cash and $65m in Teladoc stock.teladoc.
Private equity, venture capital and real estate investment firm Abraaj Group may be pulling out of a proposed partnership with Indian-based multi-speciality hospital chain Narayana, the IFC and local surgeons in Nairobi - and could have its sights set on two hospitals in Lagos.
The UK government’s private equity arm has told Healthcare Nova it’s undertaking due diligence on one Indian healthcare group, and another healthcare group elsewhere in Asia.
How do you convince investors to lend you $46.5m to build a homecare business, when you’ve no experience as a healthcare operator? Healthcare Nova speaks to serial entrepreneur Meena Ganesh, CEO and one half of the dynamic husband and wife duo behind Portea in India, and asks her how she built the business, and about Portea’s plans for the future.
Pinak Shrikhande is principal of Delhi-based HealthQuad, a Singapore-based private equity house and Quadria Capital's offshoot company which is investing in healthcare. What is its investment philosophy, and approach to developing assets in telemedicine and recruitment? Healthcare Nova finds out more.
A session at Healthcare Asia on market trends and opportunities in SE Asia brought together three of the largest hospital groups in SE Asia – Siloam in Indonesia, Metro Pacific in The Philippines and KPJ in Malaysia. So how do they see the world and what strategies are they adopting?
Nearly 500,000 patients from China travelled abroad for treatment in 2015 with 95% going to other Asian countries. That’s according to a survey by consultancy Global Growth Markets presented at the Private Healthcare Summit in London. But Pete Read, CEO of GGM, says that fear surrounding the lack of follow-up care is a big problem.
GCC governments are doing everything they can to keep patients at home. It's working: between 2014 and 2016, private hospitals in the USA, the UK and Germany have all seen a drop in the number of medical tourists from the region - with Germany experiencing a fall of nearly 60%. Graham Elderfield, founder of consultancy Glenfield Consulting, explained why at the Private Healthcare Summit 2017 in London.
An investment bank and hospital founder have teamed up to open a new 120-bed specialist hospital in Dubai which they hope will encourage people to stay at home for treatment.
Healthquad, an Indian specialist healthcare VC fund has achieved its final close with a total commitment of Rs. 750 million (approximately USD 11.72m) for investing in “thematic and disruptive” healthcare business models in the country.
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