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Will Bergman buy big before prospective sale?

Rumours persist that Bergman Clinic, the Dutch and Nordic ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic chain, is looking to sell and may have one large acquisition in its sights ahead of any process starting. HBI speaks briefly to two banking sources, and a Netherlands-based advisor to find out more.

Bupa letting go of M&A and Integration Team members

HBI hears that global healthcare insurer and operator Bupa is letting go of a significant number of its dentistry-focussed M&A and integration team. The decision follows huge write-offs in 2019 in its UK dentistry business and Australian care homes.

Divestment and delayed repayments: How NMC might survive

Is NMC Health a sinking ship, or might it still be saved? HBI speaks to a UAE-based operator to find out how the under-fire group might keep its head above water, the difficult steps it must take to stay afloat, and who conceivably might step in to bail it out.

Teleradiology: fast-growing and investable says new HBI Intelligence report

Teleradiology may be small but growth rates are 25-30% in UK, Hungary, France and Czechia and 10-20% elsewhere. No wonder PE and imaging platforms are acquiring. Read on to see what its prospects are. HBI Intelligence subscribers can now access our 11-country report on the sector and its prospects together with market share data on 45 operators. HBI Intelligence now  covers 18 sectors across up to 22 countries with database access to 3,450 health care operators. 

Nordic Capital ‘buying SpaMedica’

European-focused PE firm Nordic Capital is reportedly buying SpaMedica, the UK's largest cataract surgery provider, in a deal that values the ophthalmic group at around £300m.

COVID-19: Care sector confronts crisis, hospitals hit hard

In the second of our two-part deep dive into how COVID-19 is hitting healthcare markets across EMEA, we ask how hospitals are coping with spiralling staff sickness and a flood of patients, and whether the care and dialysis sectors can stay afloat given the risk the virus poses to their most vulnerable patients.

Germany to reform financing of long-term care

Germany is on the brink of reforming the financing of long-term care insurance (LTC) which funds elderly care. The industrious Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn could produce a draft law by the summer, and private insurers are proposing revolutionary ways of bringing fresh capital to the system.

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