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Interview: Nasser Al Hagbani, CEO, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group

Saudi/UAE hospital operator Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group (HmG) is by far the largest player by revenue in the GCC at $1.3bn. Shares have all but doubled since its IPO in March, making it the sixth-largest hospital stock globally by market capitalisation at $8.5bn. Its lucrative tele-ICU centre is the largest in the world by beds monitored. In this exclusive interview, Hagbani discusses HmG's listing, business model, Saudisation efforts, declining expat market and of course COVID-19.
September 2, 2020

Rede d’Or hires banks for $2.7bn IPO

Rede d'Or, Brazil's largest hospital chain by revenue, has reportedly hired banks to prepare a long-awaited $2.7bn IPO for the autumn. The company reportedly expects a valuation of $17.8bn, which would make it the second-largest listed hospital group in the world by market capitalisation after HCA.
August 27, 2020

BGI profits rocket but blacklisting could threaten supply chain

Profits at lab group Bejing Genomics Institute (BGI) are up 734% in the first half of the year after the company rapidly built 58 labs in 18 countries and sold 35m testing kits to 92% of the countries in the world for COVID-19. Yet the company is now caught up in the ever-escalating US-China trade war as two subsidiaries have been blacklisted by the States. HBI examines what this means for its global reach.
August 27, 2020

Investors discuss opportunities in Nigeria’s private healthcare sector

A panel of Nigeria's healthcare operators, private equity investors and finance institutions including the IFC discussed opportunities for financing the sector in a recent panel discussion. HBI asked one of them whether recent entries into the diagnostics space from foreign entities are a benefit or are just helping to cream off the top-tier of the market.
August 27, 2020

Max Healthcare about to list on BSE

Max Healthcare is due to list tomorrow (Friday, August 21) on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange). HBI speaks to an operator source in Delhi to find out more.
August 20, 2020

Amazon’s Indian e-pharmacy play triggers rapid consolidation

In the space of a week, Amazon has launched an online pharmacy pilot in India, the country's largest retailer has retaliated by buying a controlling stake in established rival Netmeds, and the market's other two largest players - PharmEasy and Medlife - have merged to create a $1.2bn+ valued company. This is despite ongoing legislation that might ban e-pharmacies from any activity at all.
August 20, 2020

KPJ Healthcare exits one Indonesian hospital

Malaysian's largest healthcare group has sold its stake in one of its two Indonesian hospitals, saying that the disposal is part of a "wider restructuring exercise" in the country.
August 6, 2020

Interview: David Hadley, CEO, Mediclinic Middle East

EMEA hospital group Mediclinic International is undergoing its last substantial capital project in the UAE for the foreseeable future, Middle East CEO David Hadley tells HBI, as the group switches expansionary focus to neighbouring Saudi Arabia. We discuss the two markets and the reasons for the segment's recent $600m+ impairment charge.
August 6, 2020

Thailand starts to welcome back medical tourists

Thailand's government has re-opened the country for medical tourists by launching a new special visa that at least 1,700 people have already applied for. The news will be welcome for major medical tourism operators like Bumrungrad whose shares are down 33% on a like-for-like basis.
July 31, 2020
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