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BPL may fetch £200m

The privatisation early next year of Bio Products Laboratory, which creates blood plasma and is owned by the UK Department of Health, should generate around £200m.
November 8, 2012

FREE BLOG PMI – the integrated model

You might think that private medical insurers would be good at controlling the cost of medical treatment. Nothing could be further from the truth, according to an industry insider.
November 8, 2012

Bupa plans vertical integration for Poland

Bupa is deadly serious about bidding for Lux-Med, the largest Polish subscription healthcare operator. But so are a couple of large private equity houses!
November 7, 2012

Medicover ownership is now not-for-profit

The majority of shares in Medicover - the East European healthcare group that owns lab chain Synevo - have been put into a charitable trust: the Jonas and Christina af Jochnick Foundation. Jonas af Jochnick, 75, is a kind of Swedish Bill Gates. What does this mean for the future of the group?
November 7, 2012

PCZ plans move to Warsaw Stock Exchange

PCZ Holdings is planning a move from NewConnect to the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The holding company owns PCZ Polish Medical Group, which includes a pharmaceutical distribution arm, four hospitals, six clinics, ambulance services and a diagnostic laboratory. It currently serves 400,000 patients, and made PLN 17m (€4.1m) in sales in the first half of 2012, a growth of 23% from 2011.
October 31, 2012

Italy socks private sector and shakes up procurement

Healthcare Europa can exclusively reveal a massive shake-up in Italian public-sector procurement. Meanwhile, national and regional governments have taken aim at the private hospital sector, with Lombardy planning to eliminate 1,800-2,400 private hospital beds.
October 31, 2012

Uncertainties remain for German labs

The complex world of German lab prices shows little sign of becoming simpler. Budget ceilings look reasonable for the next three quarters, although there is much uncertainty after that. There is also a danger that payors will start demanding bank guarantees to cover upfront payments.
October 31, 2012

Spanish regions consider tax-deductible health insurance

Tax-deductible private healthcare has come to the Baleriac Islands. The Spanish Institute for the Development and Integration of Health (IDIS), a private-sector lobbying group, wants to expand the law elsewhere.
October 30, 2012

French government fiddles with doctors’ payments

The French government's attempts to stop doctors from charging extra fees to patients in both the public and private sector is meeting with determined resistance. The measure could go some way towards eradicating the perception among many French that you have to pay extra to go private.
October 30, 2012
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