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Merger creates Brazil’s second largest healthcare provider

The merger of lab and imaging specialist Diagnosticos da America (DASA) with São Paulo-based hospital network Rede Impar (RI) will create Brazil's second-largest provider of healthcare services by revenue. A market source tells HBI this could be with a view to an IPO next year.

Law could open up opportunities in German respiratory care

A draft law is being discussed in the German Parliament which could change the way businesses provide oxygen therapy outside of hospital, by moving patients away from homecare ventilation and into specialised nursing homes for respiratory treatment. An investor talks to us about this potential opportunity.

VPS signs high flying deal with Etihad

UAE-based integrated healthcare provider VPS Healthcare has signed a deal with Etihad Airways which will provide its Saudi patients with reduced fares to some of its hospital hubs, in a move designed to further attract medical tourists.

Nordic fertility player partners with Dubai hospital

American Hospital Dubai has entered into a joint venture with Sweden-based Livio, the largest fertility operator in the Nordic region. American Hospital Dubai is a 254-bed, acute care, general medical/surgical private hospital with a multi-specialty physician group practice, designed to provide a high-quality, American standard of healthcare. The deal will see Livio, formerly "IVF Sverige", […]

Mehiläinen makes offer for Pihlajalinna and reveals international expansion

As first speculated by HBI last year, Finnish health and social care provider Mehiläinen has offered to buy competitor Pihlajalinna. We talk to Mehiläinen CEO Janne-Olli Järvenpää and local sources about integrating the two companies, competition concerns, the possibility of a bidding war and international expansion, which Järvenpää gives HBI exclusive details on.

IVIRMA could list after sale of minority stake

Following the news last month that the largest fertility company in the world by revenue, Spanish-based IVIRMA is looking for an "economic partner" through Morgan Stanley, speculation is mounting that the company plans to IPO once its new partner is onboard.

Notre Dame Intermedica acquires in South Brazil

Brazilian vertically integrated payor-provider Grupo Notre Dame Intermédica (GNDI) has acquired Clinipam, an operator in the South of Brazil, as it attempts to keep pace with rival Hapvida. The two are battling it out for market share on the most competitive part of the market.

Quironsalud further consolidates in LATAM

Spain's largest for-profit hospital operator Quironsalud, part of German counterpart Fresenius Helios since 2016, has made yet another South American acquisition further consolidating its position in Colombia.

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