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FREE BLOG The missing Americans

European valuations are unlikely to rise steeply until the big American healthcare groups start taking a keen interest. That could be a long time off.

SENAD buys Acquired Brain Injuries specialists Next Generation Healthcare

Secretive SENAD, a British operator specialising in providing support for children with learning difficulties and challenging behavior is to buy Next Generation Healthcare (NGH), which provides rehabilitation support for people with acquired brain injuries and learning disabilities, for an undisclosed amount.

Medicover looks at Romania

Medicover, the Pan-East European subscription and lab provider, has its eyes on buying one of the two big Romanian healthcare chains, which are now for sale. We also get feedback on its new lab operation in Moscow and assess other bidders.

Lessons from Alliance Medical win

Alliance Medical has won a ten year contract for PET CT imaging across the English NHS, which CEO Guy Blomfield reckons is worth at least €300m and which the NHS says will generate an 18% saving. How did Alliance do it, and what other big outsource contracts are coming up in the NHS?

Accumeda buys second Sana hospital

Germany’s third largest hospital group Sana Kliniken,has sold its hospital in the southern city of Albstadt to the German group AccuMeda. We speak to AccuMeda founder Elmar Willebrand about the deal.

HC One buys profits with Meridian

HC One is to buy Meridian Healthcare, the 32nd biggest nursing home operator in the UK. Although the size of the sale has not been disclosed, it is estimated to be in excess of €135m. Barry Nickelson, dDirector of hHealthcare at real estate surveyors JLL, tells Healthcare Europa the deal is potentially profitable, but not necessarily sustainable.

Interview: Andreas Göthberg, CEO, Memira

Memira, the largest Scandinavian ophthalmology chain, backed by private equity house Investor Growth Capital, is now expanding operations into Finland. It had estimated 2014 sales of €60m. We talk to CEO Andreas Göthberg about growth trends, its business model, the importance of customer service and building a brand.

Interview: Lilly Donohue, CEO, Shanghai Starcastle Senior Living

Fortress Investment Group is a US-based and listed investment manager that happens to be invested in some of America’s largest operators of senior living facilities. But when it decided in 2012 to join forces with Shanghai-based Fosun International to become one of the first entrants into the Chinese retirement community market, with a “continuing care” facility in Shanghai, it came “with a very open mind” about what would and wouldn’t work, according to Lilly Donohue, the passionate and determinedly hands-on managing director of Fortress and chief executive of Shanghai Starcastle Senior Living, as the now-open facility is called. By Helen Burggraf

Diaverum targets middle-income countries for dialysis

Dialysis operator Diaverum recently entered Khazakhstan with the acquisition of Nefros Asia. The deal is Diaverum’s first in Asia, outside of the Middle East. We talk to Diaverum president Dag Andersson.

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