Global dialysis operators Diaverum and Davita have renewed their contracts with the Saudi Ministry of Health for another five years. The deal leaves Diaverum free to proceed with its plans to IPO / go forward to a private sale and comes in the same week as a new portable dialysis device had its US market entry fast-tracked by the FDA. Is it a threat?
Investment bank Jefferies is predicting a 55% uplift to Mediclinic International's share price after reviewing its Abu Dhabi and UAE sites and concluding it stands to benefit more from upcoming changes in the local payor environment than competitor NMC Health.
Indian hospital groups Radiant Life Care and Max Healthcare look set to merge, with Radiant backer KKR to be the dominant shareholder with "around 50%" meaning it might not have control of the new group. It could be the third major merger this year.
Countries across the Asia-Pacific that are trying to implement UHC have seen more people paying for healthcare through compulsory and voluntary payment schemes.
The introduction of diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments to Dubai's hospital sector in 2019 will lead to a boom in the nascent post-acute rehab market according to a local operator.
HBI talks to Dr Helmut Schuehsler, chairman and CEO at TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, Dubai and Singapore, about the group’s prospective exit from its current healthcare assets, its hunt for new investments, and the MENA market more specifically.
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