Small maternity player Singapore O&G is to raise S$9.2m net of expenses and IPO on the Singapore stock exchange. The aim is to grow the 8 clinic chain and to tap the near S$1bn medical tourism market.
Across the world, people are living longer. But many emerging economies face a horrible question that is not posed in Europe: will too large a section of the population be old before the country is rich enough to provide for them? Here we look at the very different ways that elderly care is developing in China, India, the UAE and Brazil.
Private equity house Cinven is to buy Labco for an enterprise value of just €1.2bn. The news came two weeks after Labco’s IPO failed. We reflect here on the EBITDA multiple and at what this means for the rationalisation of the European market. Who will Cinven buy next?
Private equity house Cinven is to buy Labco for an enterprise value of just €1.2bn. The news came two weeks after Labco’s IPO failed. We reflect here on the EBITDA multiple and at what this means for the rationalisation of the European market.
In March 2015, China rescinded plans to allow private operators to be 100% owned by outsiders. Some operators complain that they face huge barriers. Yet China still plans a massive expansion in private beds. What is the true picture and what is the future likely to hold?
A new report by reinsurer SwissRe lauds the potential of private health insurance (PHI) to transform healthcare in Emerging Markets. Medical insurance premiums are expected to grow at 10% per annum between 2013-2020, double the pace of emerging market GDP growth and triple global health insurance growth. We spoke to the author Clarence Wong, chief economist for Asia at SwissRe.
Concord Medical Services, the NYSE-listed Chinese radiotherapy and imaging chain plans to build three oncology hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou to supplement its 140 imaging and radiotherapy centres, which are situated in public hospitals.
Click here to see all the presentations from Healthcare Europa 2015 How is the private healthcare services sector in Europe and beyond changing? Healthcare Europa 2015 provided a snapshot of the sector. We report. The fifth Healthcare Europa conference saw delegate numbers double to 430 with streams for acute, dentistry, elderly care and diagnostics in […]
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