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Is Unilabs looking to consolidate Dutch imaging?

Could pan-European lab player Unilabs be looking to consolidate the Dutch diagnostic market? It recently completed the purchase of Medlon, a laboratory with a workforce of around 450 employees. We speak to an advisor who thinks this might just lead to further consolidation of an unusual market.

Filling the cancer care gap in India with a ‘shop-in-shop’ model

ClearMedi provides comprehensive cancer care across India, but has evolved in just six years. Healthcare Nova talks to managing director Shashi Baliyan to find out what his group is doing there to fill the cancer care gap with its 'shop-in-shop' model, and how it grew so fast.

Netcare to exit UK blaming high rents and declining PMI

South African hospital group Netcare will exit the UK market by selling its interest in BMI Healthcare, as high rents and weakening PMI continue to erode profits. We talk to a fund manager and speculate on buyers.

Private equity group ups stake in Euromedica

Farallon Capital has upped its stake in Greek diagnostics and hospital group Euromedica from 8% to 17%. The American private equity group already owns more than half of the listed group's debt. 

Private providers feeling the pinch in Poland

Healthcare Europa hears that as predicted, local authorities in Poland are revoking or reducing the value of contracts with private providers who are not part of the country's new 'hospital network' - but two segments should be safe, and one is almost certain to be de-privatised.

FREE BLOG Care Delivery: Building integrated care for patients with many co-morbidities

The term integrated care can sometimes feel like an over-used buzzword.  So it can help to think about what it means for the very patients who are most often failed by existing fragmented systems of care. For Jonathan Darer that means those with complex co-morbidities and how they are treated across the medical system from acute to their homes. Here we to talk to Dr.Darer, Medical Director, Siemens Healthineers and former chief innovation officer at Geisinger to explore why and what integrated care for such patients should look like and how to best deliver it. Few healthcare systems in the world are yet capable of delivering a continuity of care experience that is needed for these complex patients.

FREE BLOG Who will consolidate labs in emerging markets?

Outside of Brazil, India and China, the lab sector across emerging markets remains unconsolidated. But big assets in Mexico and SE Asia are coming up for sale. Who will move in? A minority stake in ProA, one of the largest Mexican chains with 2018 sales forecast at US$230m, is up for grabs. Elsewhere, Healthscope’s lab […]

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