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Vivaneo enters Austria

Pan-European fertility group VivaNeo has bought the two Dr Loimer fertility centres in Austria. VivaNeo, majority owned by Waterland, has expanded its European footprint to eight centres in four countries. With Austria legalising egg cell donation at the start of 2015, Christian Mayer, VivaNeo’s general manager says that Austria will get an increased slice of the fertility tourism cake.
October 9, 2015

MPT and AXA Italian joint venture underway

The US REIT Medical Properties Trust’s (MPT’s) Italian JV with the French asset manager AXA REIM is making good progress, says Hideki Kurata, head of alternative and special situations at AXA real estate. The deal is for several acute care hospitals and a freestanding clinic. Meanwhile, Spanish sources say that one of the largest hospital chains is considering a sale and leaseback deal.
October 9, 2015

The battle at American Heart of Poland

Fresenius MC is still in the running to buy American Heart of Poland, even though the National Health Insurance Fund is withholding millions.
October 8, 2015

Correction: Winner of Belarus PPP contract undecided

Healthcare Europa mistakenly reported last week that InterHealth Canada has been appointed to run the PPP in Grodno, Belarus. We have now been told by Interhealth that this is not the case. There is no information on which company was awarded the contract at this stage.
October 2, 2015

Report: Healthcare Europa Property Survey 2015

There is intense investor interest in healthcare services property across Europe. Fund manager Marc Phillip Martins-Kuenzel, at German real estate investor Corpus Sireo claims that he had 400 approaches from prospective buyers in a single year. This reflects the global search for high yielding investments. But healthcare property also carries risks. Some sectors such as the French hospital market, where major deals have been done, look risky as the government cuts tariffs. And the sector remains opaque and poorly segmented. There are plenty of traps for the unwary. It is also far from clear how much new capacity will come on stream for investors over the next decade. Here we look at whether and when the boom will go bust. First, we run through the headlines and what has happened to prices. We then go on to look at supply and demand. Other articles profile the main US and European property investors and the main national markets.
October 2, 2015

Second opinion providers growing at breakneck speed

The medical second opinion industry is booming with the major operators building international networks. One provider, Barcelona-based Advance Medical, expects to grow global sales from €60m in 2015 to €100m in 2018.
October 2, 2015

Vithas buys stake in Juaneda

Vithas, the fourth largest Spanish hospital group has bought a 10-15% stake in Juaneda, the main hospital operator in the Baleriac Islands for €12.5m.
October 2, 2015
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