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Health care values look high

Analyst forecasts suggest that healthcare sector valuations have been largely unaffected by the crisis, with EMEA hospitals and medtech stocks now being more expensive than before the Covid outbreak, both on an EBITDA and PE multiples basis.
June 29, 2020

Exclusive: Steward’s International CEO on its future in Malta

Now that Steward Health Care has been bought by its doctors, what future does it face in Malta where the deal it inherited to run almost half the country’s public hospitals had attracted scrutiny? HBI talks exclusively to Dr Armin Ernst, CEO and President of Steward Health Care International.
June 29, 2020

Bergman set to enter German ophthalmology market

HBI hears that Dutch and Nordic ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic chain Bergman Clinic is looking to acquire two substantial outpatient ophthalmology chains in Germany. This would mark its entry into the country’s ophthalmology market – and a significant one at that. We talk to a source about the targets, the price, and what this means for the wider market. Longer-term Bergman itself is likely to sell.
June 25, 2020

Aster shows Covid impact on India and GCC

Thanks to Covid, Aster DM, the GCC to India clinic, hospital and pharmacy chain, saw a 25% drop in revenue across both geographies in April. May and June have seen improvements with a return to normal expected in the autumn, providing there is no second wave. We look in detail at the impact of Covid in March to June and report full year results to March 2020.
June 24, 2020

Could Synlab’s UK success open the outsourcing floodgates?

UK lab group Viapath has been nationalised, after Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts bought out its private sector partner Serco following the loss of a £2.25bn outsourcing contract in which Synlab remains the preferred bidder. Could Synlab's expected success be the first of a slew of new outsourcing contracts for big lab platforms? HBI talks to a consultant to find out more.
June 23, 2020

From homecare to hotels

In Argentina a domiciliary homecare group has taken over three hotels to offer accommodation to Covid-symptomatic patients. What does this say about the wider links between hotels and care homes in Emerging Markets?
June 23, 2020

Interview: Daniel Soukup, head of EUC Virtual Clinic

The Czech Republic's largest primary care and occupational healthcare provider by revenue, EUC, has been leading the charge in bringing digital health care to the country. Daniel Soukup, head of its Virtual Clinic, tells HBI that while the service has before been only for its private-pay patients, it is starting to work much closer with public insurers to bring telemedicine to more people.
June 23, 2020

Medgate moves into public health support role for pandemic

Switzerland's largest telehealth player Medgate has shown how digital health firms can provide invaluable support during a crisis. The company tells HBI that it has gone beyond its traditional role of working with insurers to support a number of different initiatives during the pandemic.
June 22, 2020
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