UAE-based hospital chain and distribution specialists NMC posted strong results for H1 2017, with net profit up 39%, as soaring sales and successful acquisitions sent the share price to an all-time high.
The Russian government may expand the favourable legislation surrounding the multi-billion dollar Moscow International Medical Cluster (MIMC) and foreign investment in it to expand beyond the Moscow region. Meantime, Israeli and South Korean operators have agreed to open branches, says Mikhail Yugay, CEO of IMC Foundation.
Switzerland-based diagnostics group Unilabs appears on track to meet its target to become a €2bn giant, after buying four companies based in three continents in just 48 days. CEO Jos Lamers tells us why it is becoming increasingly important to diversify internationally.
Emmett has spent much of the last five years working in Russia including a year working as Vice-President of Medsi, the big Moscow healthcare group. Here he looks at the state of the market across acute, diagnostics and elderly care. What are conditions really like on the ground? Who are the consumers? And what are the threats and opportunities?
Fady Chreih, CEO, Regina Maria gives his insight on: Romanian Healthcare Sector Key Macroeconomic Trends and Challenges. Regina Maria is one of the two largest private operators in Romania.
With a population of over 120m, the dozen countries from the Baltic States to Bulgaria are an important market for health care services. Here Eilert looks at how the private sector has developed across the region. What are the growth opportunities and what are the instabilities the region needs to deal with?
Contreras gives an overview of private healthcare services sector in Mexico. He highlights prospects in the low cost sector which is aiming squarely at the majority of Mexicans. And he also looks at imaging, labs, outsourcing and the established players. As an investor, how does he expect the sector to develop over the next five years?
Quadria is one of the largest investors in private health care services in the region. Here Abrar looks at how he sees prospects at the sub-sector level for the industry and names the main players before looking at likely margin and revenue growth. He goes onto look at how to best define target markets and asks to what extent private groups can and should target low cost, mass markets.
What does private health care services really look like today in Sub-Saharan Africa? Here Egbe, a former World Bank/IFC staff who has advised on the sector across the continent, digs into the data, sizing markets and operators. She goes on to look the trends which promise to transform the industry over the next decade.
Dr Damien Marmion gives his personal views on the advent of connected healthcare, big data, analytics are a challenge and an opportunity for private medical insurers. In addition we all have an increasing need for better outcomes in terms of customer quality and affordability. Damien looks at the issues payors in general face before outlining solutions.
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