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Czech nursing home bonanza

The Czech Republic has a fast-developing formal long-term care market, one that is throwing up plenty of opportunities for the private sector. We talk to the largest operators about the gold rush in the care home market and Senecura’s debut in the country. On the downside, the odds of victory for the Social Democrats in October’s election seems strong - how will this affect the market?

Penta to sell MediClinic

Penta Investments is looking to sell Czech primary care chain MediClinic this year. We speak to Investment Director Vaclav Jirku about the Czech healthcare market, the sale of insurer-owned Melnik hospital, challenges in the primary care sector and where Penta hopes to go from here.

UPS expands pan-European logistics

UPS has recently bought CEMELOG, a Budapest-based logistics hub specialising in medtech and pharma. We talk to Daniel Gagnon, Director of Healthcare Logistics & Strategy for UPS Europe, about the company’s strategy and the impact on distribution and healthcare services.

Interview: Dimitris Moulavasilis, Chief Executive, Euromedic

How are players dependent on a shrinking public purse in South and East Europe reacting? Who better to ask than Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO of Euromedic? The company offers imaging, labs and oncology services in 15 countries, from Ireland and Portugal in the West to Russia and Turkey in the East.

Healthcare – Is it an Attractive Industry? Presentation, Vaclav Jirku, Investment Director, Penta Investments

No other private equity house has invested in such a broad range of healthcare service businesses than Penta. They include hospitals, labs, healthcare insurers, pharmacies and primary networks in the Czech Rep, Poland and Slovakia. Vaclav looks at the lessons learnt and the opportunities across the region. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2013, New Models for Challenging Times.

Healthcare Reform – Opportunity or Threat? Presentation, Nicolaus Henke, Global Leader of the Healthcare Systems and Services Practice, McKinsey

Nicolaus has unrivaled access to, and experience of, European payors. He examines the reform trajectory and likely budget growth in different European countries and considers what impact this will have for private hospitals, outsourcers and specialist service providers. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2013, New Models for Challenging Times.

Report: How rating sites will change healthcare

TripAdvisor is changing how the travel industry treats customers. Is the same likely to happen to healthcare services? We look at the new review websites growing fast across Europe, propelled by expanding patient choice. What impact will they have on the profession and on private operators? Will they change the market?

Moonray expands ophthalmology with Lexum deal

Moonray Healthcare, the biomedical investment arm of Fidelity International, has added 10 ophthalmology centres to its network with the planned acquisition of Lexum from CEE specialist private equity house ARX Equity Investments. This follows the purchase of two centres in southern Germany from pan-Nordic player Memira, taking its network there to seven centres. We talk to Moonray CEO Tim Clover about the deal, and how Optegra grew like-for-like sales 35% in 2012 through presbyopia treatments.

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?

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