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Is German Digital Health Care Act an under-used failure?  

In 2019, Germay passed a new law designed to revolutionize the e-health market by reimbursing therapeutic apps. Why hasn't it had more of an impact? HBI speaks with Sven Jungmann, Chief Medical Officer in Berlin-based corporate venture builderFoundersLane, to find out.
March 10, 2022

PKV to stay

The German health care sector is breathing a sigh of relief at the news that the private PKV insurance that covers 11pc of Germans is most unlikely to be abolished by the new government. Karl Lauterbach, a fierce. critic of the parallel system who had previously described PKV as "brown coal" says its reform is a very low priority.
March 3, 2022

Orpea won’t stop nursing home M&A drive

Orpea's smaller PE-backed French rivals who are spilling out across Europe say they are not worried by the Orpea scandal. Colissee has just acquired in Portugal for the first time. HBI talks to the C-level at the French operator to learn more.
February 25, 2022

Sanoptis plans expansion as sale rumours spread

Multiple sources have told HBI that fast-growing German and Swiss ophthalmology group Sanoptis might be looking at a Q2 sale, but HBI understands that is not entirely correct. HBI speaks to Sanoptis CEO Volker Wendel to set the record straight.
February 23, 2022

For-profit lab consolidation across Europe’s biggest markets

Germany, France and Italy are Europe's largest for-profit laboratory services markets, with heavyweight groups like Sonic, Synlab, and Cerba having significant market shares. As the major players continue to make large and bolt-on acquisitions, just how consolidated are these markets.
February 10, 2022

Will Orpea scandal hit care home prices?

Luxembourg-based REIT Threestones Capital has just acquired three nursing homes in Germany. HBI catches up with Threestones Capital co-founder, Giovanni Perin, and talks to Xavier Cheval, head of healthcare property at major European REIT Icade, to find out what impact the Orpea scandal is having on elderly care real estate as an asset class.
February 3, 2022

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?
January 27, 2022
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