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Pihlajalinna shares fall on results

Finnish outsourcing specialist Pihlajalinna posted some reasonable looking financials, on the face of it, for the full year to January 31, 2021 on Friday last week - so why have its shares dropped around 11% at the time of writing?

Finnish SOTE reform ‘could create more outsourcing opportunities’

In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.

Covid and Sweden boost Terveystalo

Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.

Clinisys merger creates global player as public labs lag behind in automation

Clinisys claims to have created the world’s largest player in lab information management and lab order comms and results software with a three-way merger which creates a platform across diagnostics and environmental tests. So how does CEO, Michael Simpson, see software changing the sector over the next 3-5 years? And what does an independent consultant with many years experience in the field think about the sector and its growth?

CVC invests in FutureLife

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a co-controlling holding in pan-European IVF provider FutureLife, alongside the company’s current investor Hartenberg Holding.

Not-for-profits dominate Europe’s adult care

Adult social care, a major sector in the UK and Nordics in particular, has traditionally been dominated by the not-for-profit sector in Europe. In this week's infographic, we look at the for-profit, not-for-profit/public split across select countries in Europe.

Mehiläinen buys in Germany, gets ‘passport’ to invest

Finland's largest for-profit healthcare operator by revenue Mehiläinen has made its first acquisition in Germany. The acquired hospital, Dalberg Klinik, is the ticket to further investments in the country's outpatient sector, HBI hears from Janne-Olli Järvenpää, Mehiläinen's CEO.

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