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Affidea enters UK with double-deal

Pan-European imaging and outpatient operator Affidea has entered the UK market with the acquisition of Fortius Clinic, a group of musculoskeletal (MSK) and orthopaedics centres in central London, and an outpatient centre in Northern Ireland. 
March 4, 2021

Khemka’s big plans for Simplyhealth

Sneh Khemka has quit Aetna International where he was VP of Population Health & vHealth to become CEO of Simplyhealth, a £240m revenue, not-for-profit provider of cashplans for corporates and private individuals which in total covers 2.3m people in the UK. He tells us that his brief is to rethink how Simplyhealth can best provide access to health care services over the next 30-50 years.
March 4, 2021

Italy’s recovery plan has €18bn for healthcare, the UK’s none

Italy's COVID-19 recovery plan contains €18bn for homecare, integrated health facilities and telemedicine that can be run by the private sector in a whole-scale reform of the country's healthcare system. Meanwhile, a new budget in the UK failed to allot any new funds for its overstretched health and social service. 
March 4, 2021

GCC post-acute group sells for 10.5x as M&A climate cools

TVM Capital Healthcare has sold the GCC's largest post-acute/rehab provider Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center (CMRC) to investor Amanat Holdings for 10.5x its 2020 EBITDA, a much lower multiple than it got for similar business Provita six years ago. We discuss the change in M&A climate with TVM CEO Dr Helmut Schuehsler and talk to Amanat's CFO about its plans with CMRC and its three other healthcare assets.
March 4, 2021

$20bn merger could transform Brazilian healthcare market

A $20bn merger between two giants of Brazilian healthcare, listed HMOs Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA and Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA (GNDI), will create one of the world’s biggest companies providing verticalized health-care solutions. HBI looks at the deal in detail, and talks to a Brazil-based operator to find out more.
March 4, 2021

HC-One selling 52 care homes

One of the UK’s largest five largest care home operators by revenue, HC-One, is putting 52 care homes up for sale and closing four more. We talk to UK advisor Candesic. 
March 4, 2021

IBM’s flight from healthcare shows AI must be local

IBM is on the retreat from its decade long AI in healthcare project: a multi-billion-dollar buy-and-build strategy to gather billions of data points fed into supercomputer Watson. Critics say the business has been unprofitable, overpromised and questioned how fit for purpose it is. HBI gets the inside track.
February 25, 2021

EMEA hospital sector finishes 2020 strongly

Private hospital operators across Europe, the Middle East and South Africa had a good last few months of trading in what was a turbulent 2020, but the start of 2021 looks tougher. We talk to operators across the region.
February 25, 2021

Amedes for sale as Synlab forecasts future organic growth to settle about 3%

Europe's largest lab group Synlab forecasts that it will see 3+% of annual organic growth over the mid-term, saying that testing will remain a core part of pandemic control. Other lab groups clearly agree with that punt, with news that smaller rival Amedes reportedly is preparing for sale.
February 25, 2021

Bergman buys German cosmetic group

Netherlands-based ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic group Bergman Clinics, currently exploring a sale that could raise over €1bn, has acquired German aesthetic surgical treatments platform Medical One.
February 25, 2021
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