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FREE BLOG HBI 2026: key highlights

Our team is preparing a detailed post-conference report covering all the sessions, but for now, here’s a quick roundup to wrap up the week and highlight some key takeaways. This year, we introduced a Life Sciences stream, spotlighting investment and innovation across pharma.

FREE BLOG HBI 2026 — Creating Value in Changing Times

The theme for HBI 2026, Creating Value in Changing Times, reflects the reality that, despite economic and geopolitical shifts, healthcare’s core mission remains the same: creating value for patients. That could mean improving access, outcomes, and experiences, cutting unnecessary costs, investing in technologies and processes that speed up diagnosis or treatment, focusing on prevention, and offering care that is both personal and holistic.

FREE BLOG What is “value” in healthcare and how will it be defined in the future?

By 2030, some forecasters see the healthcare landscape transforming from a reactive, acute-care model into a proactive, personalised, and data-driven ecosystem. This shift will be underpinned by the integration of advanced technologies like genomics, the Internet of Medical Things and of course AI. In this vision, healthcare will be reshaped by precision medicine, decentralised care, intelligent hospitals, and AI enabled diagnostics. 

FREE BLOG The HBI Healthcare Property Investors Ranking is out now!

Healthcare Business International has published its Healthcare Property Investors Ranking, a read for anyone investing in, advising, or supplying to the European healthcare real estate sector! This comprehensive ranking shines a spotlight on the top players investing capital across hospitals, clinics, and care homes, spanning major European markets. It represents an overview of institutional investment […]

FREE BLOG Key takeaways from HBI’s 2026 oral health webinar

Earlier this week I moderated a webinar on dental deals in 2026. The webinar really showcased just how much the sector has changed over the past year and a half. Dental deal-making is no longer just about who is buying, it is about what is worth buying. Money is being spent more carefully, and buyers […]

FREE BLOG What does the CMA market study say about the UK’s dentistry sector?

In November 2025, HBI covered UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s call on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the UK's private dental market. The investigation will examine hidden costs and pricing transparency, the effectiveness of local competition, consumer ability to obtain value for money, and potential overtreatment concerns. What does this prompt for investigation reveal about the state of UK dental care?

FREE BLOG What’s in store for pharma in 2026?

Last week I went to a breakfast briefing hosted by multinational bank ING, where Stephen Farrell, Global Lead for Pharma & Healthcare, and Diederik Stadig, Healthcare and Technology Economist, talked about where the pharma industry might be heading in 2026.  Their view was simple: if 2025 was about disruption, 2026 will be when the real effects of Trump’s policies start to show.

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