Four Seasons is selling off part of its adult specialist care business, The Huntercombe Group, in a continued portfolio carve-off by administrators Alvarez & Marsal.
Last weekend the Slovakian government tested its whole population for COVID-19 using rapid antigen tests, spending €60m in the process. That looks cheap compared the £43bn worth of contracts awarded or up-for-grabs in the UK. HBI looks at the winners and the losers.
What does the non-profit hospital sector look like in West Europe and elsewhere? We are about to publish a special HBI Intelligence report, detailing market size and consolidation in eight countries, growth, potential privatisations and the expansion of US Academic Medical Centres abroad.
Synlab has followed through on rumours it was divesting its non-core business by selling its Analytics & Services business for €500m. It says the proceeds will stay in the group for future use.
October was the second most active month for healthcare property investments to date this year, with three of Europe's largest specialist healthcare propcos, plus a fourth player, making six deals for a total of around €300-350m.
Munich Leukaemia Laboratory (MLL), a specialist founder-owned lab in Germany, is for sale with a potential €480m price tag. A source says it's one of the "most modern genetics labs" in the world and is likely to sell to one of the large lab groups.
As predicted by HBI, India-based multi-speciality healthcare provider Manipal Hospitals has agreed to acquire 100% of Columbia Asia's Indian hospitals from Columbia Pacific Management. The deal is valued at Rs 2,100 crore ($282m) including debt.
In what has been a tough year for dentists across Europe, UK dental partnership group Dentex has raised a further £20m from its major shareholder "to continue success in the corporate dental world". HBI speaks to CEO Barry Lanesman to find out more.
The biggest for-profit hospital operators in Australia, Hungary and Norway have all appointed new CEOs internally from communications roles or backgrounds in 2020. Is this indicative of a wider trend in the healthcare sector? The three women appointed tell HBI why it makes sense.
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