Several healthcare companies in the UAE are merging to create the the county's largest healthcare provider. The new company will operate as a payor-provider.
HBI hears the Dutch Ministry of Health is looking to give a Covid testing contract reportedly worth up to €2bn to Unilabs, after previously agreeing to give the contract to Synlab. Synlab tells HBI the tender process is ongoing.
REIT Icade Sante has purchased acute care real estate in Italy for the first time, with the acquisition of four hospitals from Gruppo Villa Maria for €85m. The company has also signed contracts for the purchase of four new nursing homes in Germany, for €71m.
Four French lab groups have joined forces under a new name - OuiLab - to form what they claim is France’s largest group of independent labs, with €200m total revenue.
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a co-controlling holding in pan-European IVF provider FutureLife, alongside the company’s current investor Hartenberg Holding.
MENA’s largest telehealth group, Altibbi, has launched a new telephone service in Egypt, with the aim of increasing access to GPs amongst poorer and more rural populations. We speak to CEO Jalil Allabadi to find out more.
European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.
Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
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