The race to buy Indian hospital giant Fortis Healthcare seems to have been won by TPG Capital-backed rival Manipal, but shareholders might prefer to wait for a better bid by pan-Asian group IHH Healthcare.
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.
Mexican lab group Grupo Diagnóstico ProA is for sale, although management wants to keep a majority stake says Chief Innovation Officer, Carlos Perez Chavez. We talk to him about opportunities and look at Salud Digna.
Sunny optimist Attila Vegh, CEO of Penta Hospitals sees plenty of opportunities in central Europe. Even in Poland, he sees a future for bottom fishers!
More consolidation is expected in primary care clinics in Switzerland, Healthcare Europa hears from an industry insider - but it will be a costly process.
Russian healthcare giant Medsi can finally be sold after the court case preventing sale was put to bed this month. An uncharacteristically active media presence of late suggests its owners are looking to do it sooner rather than later.
Michael Porter's concept of value health has got horribly messed up with a developing scandal over the New Karolinska hospital in Sweden. Swedish sources are suggesting that the whole concept may now need to re-branded.
European private medical insurers are seeing big savings when they vertically integrate or use intermediaries to ensure that patients see the right doctors.
Australia-based global investment group AMP Capital bought The Regard Group, a UK-based specialist care business, at the end of last year. Healthcare Europa catches up with Ruben Bhagobati, who heads up the company's infrastructure investment arm in Europe, to find out why he thinks the European specialist care market is the one to watch.
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