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Diaverum enters China

Renal care provider Diaverum is entering China through a JV with state-owned conglomerate Yueda. The group is planning to build a network, initially in a handful of provinces including Jiangsu and Guangdong citing huge demand and decent public reimbursement schemes. We speak to Mans Olsson, Head of Middle East and Asia.
July 19, 2016

Georgia to row back on UHC programme

Means testing may be reintroduced to Georgia, replacing its three-year-old universal health coverage system, as the government seeks efficiencies. The middle-income country now spends over 7% of GDP on health according to the World Bank. Boosts to primary care are also driving large operators like Georgia Healthcare Group (GHG) into the ambulatory market.
July 15, 2016

Lifebrain sells Swiss labs to Synlab

Austrian based lab consolidator, Lifebrain, has sold its Swiss labs to Synlab and will now focus entirely on the fragmented Italian market, says CEO Dr Michael Havel. Having bought 100 labs in the last 12 months, he claims to have 50 more in the pipeline, and expects EBITDA margins of 30% on sales of €135m by 2017.
July 15, 2016

FREE BLOG Shaking up long-term care in Europe

Long-term care in Europe is changing. Once flourishing, traditional nursing homes are now seen as outdated for increasingly independent and technology-savvy pensioners, who prefer more flexible (and cheaper) solutions.
July 15, 2016

Finnish reforms to benefit private sector

Reforms that will give patients freedom of choice over their treatment offers significant opportunities for the private sector in Finland, says Petri Heikkilä, senior manager at the consultancy Nordic Healthcare Group. The bill will be voted on in November, but Heikkilä claims investors are already showing more interest in the market.
July 14, 2016

Universal health coverage and private health care: Friends or foes?

Universal Health Coverage is now explicitly targeted by the third sustainable development goal set out by the United Nations. Increasingly, governments around the world want to offer it to their citizenry. Where the capacity will come from is less certain. In this report, Healthcare Nova asks experts at the forefront of UHC schemes from India to Mexico, where UHC is today and what role the private sector should play in extending healthcare access to the poor?
July 13, 2016

UK telehealth group Tunstall no longer for sale

Private equity house Charterhouse Capital Partners is no longer selling UK telehealth group Tunstall, according to several sources familiar with the deal. The sale process was brought to a close despite multiple bids from different companies, including buyout firm Triton Partners.
July 13, 2016

Quirón closes pricey hospital deal in Seville

Spain's largest hospital group Quirónsalud has bought 140-bed Hospital Infanta Luisa in Seville for €70-100m, including €23m in debt, according to local press estimates.
July 12, 2016

PAI in exclusive talks to buy SAR

As anticipated, private equity houses Palamon and GSquare are in exclusive talks with PAI Partners to sell Spain's largest care group SARquavitae. We look at the price.
July 11, 2016
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