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Who will win and who will lose in the GCC?

Who will win and who will lose in the GCC? To see what near unbridled private healthcare looks like nothing beats a trip to the GCC. Revenue is ballooning as mandatory PMI comes in for ex-pats. Meanwhile Abu Dhabi, Dubai and even Saudi Arabia are extremely willing to turn to the private sector for provision, functional outsourcing and even privatisation.
March 2, 2017

Sales grow at Spire, but problems hurt margins

The CFO of the UK's second largest hospital group says the group's margins were negatively affected adversely by two problems last year - but it still saw rapid growth for other reasons.
March 2, 2017

Interview: Päivi Metsäniemi, Chief Physician and Juha Tuominen, CMO, Terveystalo

Terveystalo, Finland’s largest private healthcare provider, has developed a monitoring and data analytics package to better identify patients at risk of or suffering from type 2 diabetes. The group says it could help the country save €2bn a year and that it is already making a profit from Etydi. We speak to Päivi Metsäniemi, Chief Physician, and Juha Tuominen, CMO, at Terveystalo, who have applied to the HBI 2017 awards in the Best Use of Digital Health category.
March 2, 2017

Metropolis acquires pathology lab group

Indian diagnostics chain Metropolis has acquired Sanjeevani Pathology Labs in Rajkot, Gujarat, in an all-cash transaction. HBI speaks to Metropolis managing director Ameera Shah to find out more about the reasons behind the deal which concluded earlier this month, and the group's business strategy.
February 28, 2017

Zambia is open for business

The southern African country of Zambia is looking to the private sector to boost its healthcare system and help it move towards universal health coverage. In an interview in London, Dr Kennedy Malama, director at the Ministry of Health, named five key areas it’s looking for help and what Zambia has to offer.
February 28, 2017

Brazil’s new post-acute business model attracting foreign interest

The post-acute market presents a real opportunity in Brazil, after the ban against foreign investment in hospitals was lifted in 2015. This is according to Martin Benitez, an independent consultant with extensive M&A experience in the Brazilian healthcare market who is involved in just such a transaction. He speaks to Healthcare Nova about his latest project, and the market in general.
February 27, 2017

Suppliers still waiting for distributors and investors to sell into Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa lacks the networks of both reliable distributors with service offerings and private equity players that can be approached with deals, says Jonathan Nighswander, director at Polish medical equipment manufacturer Famed, and Vienna-based private equity firm EMSA Capital.
February 27, 2017
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