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From Around The World

Our weekly round up of stories from the Developing World. This week, news from Hong Kong, Indonesia and India.
February 10, 2015

Private equity spots opportunity in Ethiopian labs

Kenyan private equity firm, Ascent (Ascent Capital Africa Ltd), has invested $2.5m in an Ethiopian lab group. Ascent took a 50% stake in Medpharm Holdings Africa and will look to grow the diagnostics laboratory aggressively. We spoke to Guy Brennan, a partner at Ascent.
February 10, 2015

Interview: James Cercone, president and founder, Sanigest Internacional

No one can rival Cercone’s expertise running and consulting on private healthcare service groups across the Developing World. In this wide ranging interview, we look at insurance trends, how hospital and diagnostic chains are growing and what the combination of information transparency and international hospital chains will look like in a few years time.
February 10, 2015

POCT will split the diagnostics market in two

Point-Of-Care-Testing (POCT) technologies are increasingly effective, affordable and available. Consumers can already pick up single-use tests for a variety of conditions from their local pharmacy. Within 1-3 years devices with internet connectivity will transmit health data to mobile devices. Traditional labs will be shielded by POCT’s specific advantages in the short term.
February 5, 2015

Report: Trends and innovations in the elderly care market in Europe

Elderly care groups are expanding into new business models such as the step down market, homecare and domiciliary care to met the needs of Europe’s fast growing elderly population. Here we talk to policymakers, CEOs and academics about innovations and outline the five main trends: the personalisation of care, changes in payers attitude, a shift to homecare, and the emergence of an Eastern European market.
February 5, 2015

Claw-backs continue to torment Greek hospital sector

Greek hospitals continue to receive a kicking with more claw-backs which cost the sector more than €100m in 2013, forcing hospitals to cut costs. Under the new Greece’s new Syriza government it’s likely these claw-backs will continue.
February 5, 2015

Online elderly care platform launches in UK

Crowdsourcing sites which put carers and medical professionals in touch with patients or the elderly are beginning to develop. The latest Great Minders puts the elderly in touch with carers and companions, has just been launched in the UK. Other examples include Babylon and various teleradiology outfits. Georgie Jones, co-founder of Great Minders, explains that there is a growing demand for home-based elderly care services.
February 5, 2015

IDC-Quiron to manage Mallorca clinic

The IDC-Quiron group, the Spanish hospital chain created in October 2014, has signed an integration and investment agreement with the owners of Rotger Clinic in Palma de Mallorca. The deal, which is not an acquisition, will make IDC-Quiron the biggest private healthcare provider on the island.
February 5, 2015
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