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Managing political and regulatory risk in Western Europe

Businesses require real expertise to navigate political and regulatory landscapes across multiple geographies. A panel of seasoned experts, including the CEOs of nursing home group Korian and imaging specialist Affidea, shared insights into the risks in Western Europe.

Medical staff spending vs hospitalisation rates

This week we plot medical staff spending in France against total hospitalisation rates and explore how the numbers paint a picture of national sectors. What treatments cost businesses and payors the most in staff resources? Where are inpatient admissions the highest?

How are the big diagnostic labs doing?

We examine a feast of data, the 2018 results, from Cerba, Synlab and Unilabs and contrast them with Sonic and Eurofins. What do they tell us about their performance across routine lab testing, acquisitions and diversification?

French lab market contracted in 2018

The French lab market contracted by 0.5% in 2018 as its public payor (CNAM) cut the national tariff to offset volume increases. HBI reveals how the country's largest groups faired.

Cerba/Lancet JV to expand

Cerba is set to expand its JV with pan-African lab network Lancet into more French-speaking countries.

Orpea advances in Latin America

Orpea, Europe's second-largest nursing home operator by revenue, has made big strides in Latin America, with acquisitions in Chile, Brazil and Uruguay in 2018. We speak to a market expert about its expansion, with a focus on Brazil, and its full-year results published this week.

FREE BLOG Hospitals – don’t buy big for the synergies

Ramsay Generale de Sante has revealed just €20m of synergies will be gained from its Capio deal, or around 1.8% of the deal value, highlighting the lower synergies accruable in the hospital sector compared with other sectors where the synergy-to-valuation ratio can be twice as high. Ramsay Generale de Sante’s second, successful offer for the […]

FREE BLOG Digital health not yet up to global workforce challenge

The world is facing a global healthcare workforce crisis. Technology is often cited as the universal panacea to this shortfall - but digital health companies are a long way away from being able to provide a solution - even if legislation allowed them to and the public was ready to fully embrace it.

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