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Apollo’s expansion plans stumble on regulations

Apollo Hospitals is proposing a Rs 750 crore ($112m) rights issue to fund its five-year plan to expand its hospital network. But after a first failed attempt in October 2015, India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is turning down Apollo's proposal again.
March 23, 2016

Unilabs grew organic sales 5% in 2015

Despite all the price pressures on the lab sector, Pan-European lab group Unilabs achieved 5% organic growth in 2015 and saw sales rise in every country, apart from Spain. Costs have also been cut. CEO company doctor Jos Lamers claims to have finally persuaded the big three suppliers to agree to Pan-European pricing. Unilabs debt mountain meant that it still made a net loss of €8m for the year, but that is down from over €100m in 2014. We talk to Lamers.
March 23, 2016

Gulf States to boost PPPs, eHealth, preventive care and long-term care

In its comprehensive annual report on the healthcare industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, private equity house Alpen Capital explores current trends. Projecting the GCC total private and public healthcare market to grow 12.1% to $71.3bn in 2020, it highlights population growth, the introduction of health insurance and rising healthcare costs as key drivers –resulting in the development of PPPs, eHealth, preventive care and long-term care.
March 22, 2016

Bain buys Chinese hospital group

Private equity house Bain Capital has bought Chinese hospital group Asia Pacific Medical (APM) for $150m, according to press reports. The deal marks Bain's entry to China after raising $3bn for its Asia fund in December 2015.
March 22, 2016

HCG IPO just sneaks through

The IPO for the Indian oncology group, Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG), got away cleanly after being subscribed 1.56 times last week. HCG has successfully raised almost 650 crore (US$97m) to invest and reduce debt. But it has struggled compared to its peers Dr. Lal Pathlabs and Narayana, which were oversubscribed 33 and 9 times respectively.
March 22, 2016

FREE BLOG Property, let the good times roll – for now

The annual MIPIM conference in Cannes provides an opportunity take the pulse of the real estate industry. Nowhere else will you find so many investors and sellers in one place, eying each other up over champagne, mussels and the gangway of 72ft, custom made superyachts – something has to make up for two-hour presentations about covenants! This year healthcare property was a core theme, and to the eyes of a MIPIM virgin, at least, the sector was abuzz.
March 21, 2016

Capio France partners with supplementary insurer in hospital project

Pan-European healthcare provider Capio's French division is working with Mutualité Française Rhône, which brings together 260 supplementary insurers, to create the largest private hospital in Lyon, France. As Capio boosts its surgical activities, Mutualité Française it to take over rehabilitation services. We speak to Philippe Durand, director general of Capio France.
March 21, 2016

Caretech and Alpha go shopping

London-listed UK disability care group Caretech Holdings has acquired Oakleaf Care, a Northampton-based 102-bed provider in acquired brain injury (ABI) for £20.3m. We talk to CFO Michael Hill about Caretech's partnership with real estate developers, Cambian's flop and the NHS's steps to consolidate the sector.
March 21, 2016

Voxel deal looks close

Due diligence is being carried out on the majority stake in Polish imaging to IT services group Voxel, Healthcare Euopa can reveal. Meanwhile, the company, which is quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has just announced stonking figures for 2015.
March 21, 2016
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