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FREE BLOG Sharing beds with the private sector

Forget big PPPs – public payors with limited bed capacity are increasingly striking deals with private operators.

April 21, 2015

UAE introduce law to protect investments

Investing in healthcare services in the UAE should be less of a gamble following a new law that licences private healthcare facilities. This should lead to consolidation.

April 21, 2015

Chinese giant Alibaba Group to transfer online pharma operations in $2.5bn deal

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is to move its online pharmaceutical operations to Alibaba Health Information Technology (AHIT), a Hong Kong-listed subsidiary, increasing its stake from 38% to 55%. Shares in AHIT soared 85% to HK$12.6 after the announcement.

April 21, 2015

Malaysia and the boom of Asian medical tourism

Medical tourism in Asia is booming. This year, 10m medical tourists will be treated on the continent according to the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). We take a look at the market and in particular, at Malaysia, which has seen huge growth in the past two decades and now claims to account for a tenth of all tourists.

April 21, 2015

Interview: Biju Mohandas, head of Health and Education in Africa, IFC

The International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank, is one of the biggest investors in private sector healthcare in the Emerging Markets. We spoke to Mohandas about the IFC’s investment strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

April 21, 2015

Morocco insurer invests in Ivory Coast hospitals despite high taxes

Moroccan insurance giant Saham is planning to invest in two or three small hospitals in Ivory Coast to become the country’s largest private healthcare player, despite many foreign investors being put off by low tariffs and the eye-watering 33% tax on rent. v since the 2011 civil war.

April 21, 2015

Labco comes to market at last

French lab group Labco has released its prospectus and is expected to IPO in the first half of 2015 - our sources say May is most likely. It expects to raise €320 million from the deal. Investors will be attracted by solid EBITDA margins of 18.4% on revenue of €650m in 2014 – calculated on a pro forma basis to include earnings of recent acquisition SDN Group. But the highly regulated lab market presents substantial challenges.

April 17, 2015

Interview: John Coulter, Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe, Diagnostics, Abbott

Major suppliers enjoy perhaps the clearest view of how the diagnostics lab sector, private and public, is changing. And, as they seek to sell comprehensive and competitive solutions to lab operators, such suppliers are managing changing market dynamics and profitability within the sector.

April 17, 2015

FREE BLOG Wellness and medical tourism

What exactly does medical tourism really mean? It says something for the state of the sector that this very simple question took up so much time at the IMTJ Summit in London this week.

April 17, 2015

Luz Saúde suceeds with foreign patients

Luz Saúde, the second largest Portuguese hospital chain, has more than doubled sales from medical tourism to €18m in seven years by bridging the cultural gaps between its Lisbon hospital and international patients, according to a presentation at the IMTJ Summit.

April 17, 2015

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