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FREE BLOG A USEFUL awards ceremony for health care services!

A few years ago Thomas Berglund, CEO, of Capio, the big Pan-European hospitla group, told me that he had staff regularly scour the web for examples of innovation and best practice in health care services. Such information was, he said, surprisingly hard to come by. That is one of the reasons why we are launching a new awards programme in association with KPMG’s global healthcare consultancy for business model innovation in health care services.

How is healthcare investment in Brazil – after the foreign investment ban was lifted?

Brazil lifted the ban on foreign investments in hospitals in 2015. Is this attracting a new wave of healthcare investments and what is this doing to competition among the big groups? We ask independent consultant Martín Benítez Ramírez for an overview of the biggest deals. Ramirez has extensive M&A experience in Brazilian healthcare. He was in charge of […]

FREE BLOG A continental body for a continental problem

Business leaders in African healthcare will not be contained by borders or bureaucracy! The “iron doors” to the ministries of health have been opened, and no longer does each country's industry stand on its own. Healthcare Nova was in Nairobi to witness the creation of the Africa Healthcare Federation at the African Health Business Symposium (AHBS) 2016 last week.

Interview: Jeremy Low, board member Weihai Thonburi – “In China, there are no easy shortcuts, but it’s worth it”

How do foreign operators crack the notoriously tricky Chinese market? Is it possible for non-natives to come in, win over the local population, cut through swathes of red tape and make a profit? We speak to Jeremy Low, director of Weihai Thonburi Healthcare Investment Company, a subsidiary of Bangkok-based Thonburi Hospital Group, which is about to open a 250 bed hospital.

Fullerton to delay IPO after regulatory queries

Singapore-based operator Fullerton Healthcare is delaying its IPO due to regulatory concerns. The group, which offers outpatient services to corporate clients and operates a large network of associated clinics, is due to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

India Value Fund in pole position for Keralan KIMS

Native private equity group India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) is in a pitched battle with a Temasek of Singapore-led consortium for the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), India's fourth largest hospital chain.

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