Pan-European dental group Curaeos has reportedly struck a deal with some of its creditors in a move that will lighten the company's debt while transferring a minority stake.
Conglomerate Aevis Victoria is open to selling a stake in its hospital chain Swiss Medical Network to an insurer to help it move towards an integrated payor-provider model, co-founder and delegate of the board Antoine Hubert tells HBI. We catch up on pre- and post-COVID developments in the Swiss hospital sector.
Malaysian's largest healthcare group has sold its stake in one of its two Indonesian hospitals, saying that the disposal is part of a "wider restructuring exercise" in the country.
EMEA hospital group Mediclinic International is undergoing its last substantial capital project in the UAE for the foreseeable future, Middle East CEO David Hadley tells HBI, as the group switches expansionary focus to neighbouring Saudi Arabia. We discuss the two markets and the reasons for the segment's recent $600m+ impairment charge.
If you’re building a dental network and can’t find the infrastructure you need, build it yourself. That’s the view of Louis Shakinovsky, chairman and co-founder at Global Dental Services, which as Clove Dental runs India’s biggest dental group. HBI caught up with him last week to find out more.
Hungary's private pay-focused operators should maintain double-digit growth in 2020 despite COVID-19 while those reliant on public outsourcing face an uncertain future, the chairman of the fourth-largest private acute care provider tells HBI. Affidea just lost a large outsourcing contract while a billionaire and venture capital funds have recently entered the market.
Europe's digital health companies could be run out of the market following a $18.5bn merger between Teladoc Health and Livongo. The newly formed largest virtual care company in the world has its sights set on a global market, and Chinese operators are likely to follow suit into Europe.
Thailand's government has re-opened the country for medical tourists by launching a new special visa that at least 1,700 people have already applied for. The news will be welcome for major medical tourism operators like Bumrungrad whose shares are down 33% on a like-for-like basis.
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