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Artemed plans hospital in China

Artemed, the mid-sized German hospital and nursing home group, has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a hospital and seven outpatient centres in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. It is believed to be the first wholly foreign investment in healthcare services in China.
September 5, 2014

Report: Healthcare property – Massive investor demand, limited supply

Two years ago, our European healthcare property survey found the sector in the doldrums with new funds failing to get off the ground, what is the situation now?  Lorena Ruibal reports. Today, we see a spate of new European and US entrants striving to meet strong institutional demand for an asset class, which is increasingly […]
August 11, 2014

Bupa acquisitions on track, CEO tells Healthcare Europa

Bupa’s £1.6bn, 18 month-long M&A orgy is paying off, says CEO Stuart Fletcher. Announcing first half 2014 results for the international insurer and healthcare provider, he claimed: “Acquisitions are inline with our expectations.” But the UK remains tricky. Bupa is pruning its UK care home network and the amount of PMI bought by individuals continues to fall.
August 8, 2014

Debatin quits Amedes

Joerg Debatin has quit as CEO of Amedes, the big German diagnostics laboratory, to join GE Healthcare as its chief technology officer. Some sources say that there are two remaining bidders for Amedes. Others say that everyone has now pulled out and the process is dead.
August 8, 2014

Poor outlook for private healthcare sector in Sweden

Sweden’s extensive private healthcare sector faces months of uncertainty. The left is almost certain to win the Swedish general election on 16 September 2014. The only question is whether we will end up with a minority, moderate Social Democrat government or a Red/Green Alliance backed by the Marxist Feminist Initiative and the Left. What does this mean for the sector?
August 6, 2014

Labco buys SDN in Naples

Labco, the Pan-European diagnostic lab group, has bought sdn, the largest diagnostics centre in Naples with a large lab and imaging parc.
August 5, 2014

Report: Going international is tough for top US hospital chains

Royalty and celebrities from all over the world fly into the US to be treated by America’s not-for-profit hospital groups, which are among the biggest and most popular in the world. Most of these powerful international brands have all expanded abroad. Groups like Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, MD Anderson and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have affiliated sites dotted around the world.
August 5, 2014

Public healthcare sector killing private companies in Italy

Late payments, shut downs and politically driven management – welcome to the world of Italian private healthcare operators. We talk to Sergio Antonio Bolognese at Espansione, a consultancy specialising in advising the private sector, on the problems it faces.
August 4, 2014

Buurtzorg battered as insurers refuse to pay

Buurtzorg, the Dutch foundation which is Europe’s fastest growing homecare operator, made a loss of €500,000 in 2013 on sales of €220m, thanks to insurers refusing to pay €9.5m bills. 2015 could also be a difficult year. we talk to Buurtzorg CEO Jos de Blok.
August 4, 2014

FREE BLOG Remote surgery with robots isn’t going to take off for a long time

During the last Iraq war there was much talk of surgeons in the USA remotely operating on hideously wounded soldiers in Iraq. On the face of it, this technology could transform international healthcare. After all, one of the main reasons why big US brands like Mayo and Cleveland have struggled to set up abroad is the understandable reluctance of top American surgeons to fly around the world. Robots would enable them to operate from their home city.
August 4, 2014
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