The Chinese market has robust demand but has proved notoriously difficult for most foreign operators and investors to crack. HBI 2018 had a panel of experts who have successfully bucked the trend.
Malaysia-based outpatient and corporate care group Qualitas has further delayed its listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), after lowering the value of its IPO, a market source tells Healthcare Nova.
Ali Parsa, the entrepreneurial founder of digital healthcare company babylon, is happy to work with operators – but he doesn’t think it’s necessary or always the best option, as his recent agreement with Chinese social media and messaging giant WeChat shows. Healthcare Europa caught up with him at HBI 2018 to find out more.
An e-health revolution is taking place in China. The communist party has thrown its weight behind online healthcare services - and is legislating accordingly. Telehealth operators are queuing up to both to capitalise and throw capital at this new opportunity to enter the vast Chinese markets.
Spanish operator Sphera Global Healthcare is expanding in Africa. Carlos Malet, co-founder and CFO, spoke to Healthcare Nova at HBI 2018 about the market for PPPs delivering efficient medical services in Africa.
Taiwanese outpatient clinic group Ma Kuang, which mixes 'Western' medicine with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), talks candidly with Healthcare Nova about the challenges of operating in China - and why its future is digital.
Healthcare Nova talks to the CEO of a Singapore-based private equity group that has put US$100m towards building a hospital network spanning Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam, and is set to spend US$100-200m more. The network will encompass elements of a private-public-partnership by building on public land and cater to the middle-class.
Implementing price caps on private healthcare services in India will put extra pressure on operators in an already low-price environment and could put new players off entering the market, attendees at HBI 2018 heard.
What do nursing home opportunities look like in China, India and Brazil? All three countries have the usual driving forces behind an increased demand in residential elderly care: an ageing population, a growing middle class, and a shift in the disease burden. HBI 2018 explored the similarities and differences in these three markets.
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