The Theranos and Point-Of-Care Testing phenomena, coupled to fears that European governments will keep bearing down on lab tariffs, explains why none of the big groups managed to sell in 2014.
A new player in the French complementary health insurer market with nearly a fifth of the market and covering 11m customers is to be created by the merger of two mutual insurers. The move heralds the creation of a chain of 348 outpatient health centres. Healthcare Europa talks to the directeur-generale of one of the merging groups.
The Fédération de l’Hôspitalisation Privée (FHP) has ended its strike after the French government backed down from some controversial aspects of an upcoming healthcare reform bill.
The General Court of the European Union confirms a prior ruling that the ONP (The French National Order of Pharmacists), a professional body, restricted competition in the biomedical testing market. Labco is now free to pursue consolidation in France and will foster more competition in the labs and diagnostics market.
Air Liquide and Le Noble Age have acquired parts of ARAIR Group from an administration, in a move confirming the attractiveness of the homecare sector in France, according to Cédric Moreau, healthcare investments director at stockbroker Bryan Garnier.
Three leading French national lab operators are up for sale. This comes as French laboratories are facing increased pressure to adapt to new regulations on capital shares and voting rights.
Public and private operators in France have big questions over a controversial new healthcare reform bill. Healthcare Europa journalist Ariane Jugieux speaks to Stéphane Pichon, managing partner at Your Care Consult, about the repercussions the bill may have on the future of healthcare in France.
We talk to academics and policymakers about TTIP's potential impact on public sector healthcare provision in Europe. Fear, uncertainty and doubt surround the discussions between the European Union and the United States on the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its possible impact on public healthcare services.
The largest private hospitals federation in France has called for an indefinite strike in response to a new healthcare reform bill. Healthcare Europa journalist Ariane Jugieux spoke to Yves Noël, the president of Santé-Cite group, about the long-term impacts of the bill.
Procurement remains an area where healthcare providers can make substantial savings. Swedish-based Purch has started benchmarking prices across Europe, and works for the public sector in Norway and Sweden and for private players in seven countries. CEO Martin Swegmark joined what became the hospital chain Capio in 1998 and later spent a long time at the lab group Unilabs where he was involved in procurement projects where they achieved Pan-European pricing contracts from suppliers.
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