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Mears Group to sell off domiciliary care business

UK listed social housing and homecare provider Mears Group is selling off its domiciliary care operations to concentrate on more profitable parts of its business. We speak to a market advisor to find out more and speculate about the possible buyer.

German hospital meltdown will see new privatisation surge

The dire state of the German hospital sector is likely to see 50 bankruptcies in 2020, of which half could be privatised. German banks are getting jittery about the billions of euros they have lent to now loss-making hospitals.

Property investor says it’s “time to go to Portugal”

After its first acquisition in the country in the second half of 2019, French healthcare real-estate investor Pierval Santé, subsidiary of Euryale Asset Management, tells us now is the time to invest in the Portuguese nursing home property market. We interview the director of Euryale on the acquisition and market.

Mini dialysis device maker raises $40m

We talk to the CEO of AWAK, a Singaporean medtech group that has developed a portable peritoneal dialysis device, which just raised $40m to accelerate its development and commercialisation in the US and internationally. What does it say about investor appetite for dialysis, considering the slow Diaverum sale process?

Orpea’s Russian projects to take off in 2020

European nursing home giant Orpea, through its rehabilitation arm Clinea, signed MOUs in 2018 to build three clinics in Russia. This year, construction will start on two of these facilities and Orpea will also build a nursing home, its first entry into senior residential care in the country. We interview the CEO of Clinea, Emmanuel Masson.

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