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Unilabs new innovation chief targets consumer market

Unilabs has a new chief innovation officer who comes from recently acquired Dutch lab Saltro. Dr Esther Talboom-Kamp tells HBI about the consumer-facing and B2C platforms that she built there, but the pan-European lab group is coy about what it's now building in the space. 
October 7, 2020

European operators brace for second wave

COVID's second wave looks either imminent, or is already starting to hit in many jurisdictions. Wave one saw lockdowns and closures - and not all closures were temporary. Will wave two be any different? HBI has been talking to operators across EMEA to see if forewarned is forearmed, how they predict the next few months will go, and what lessons have been learned.
October 1, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Dutch mental health operator for sale

HBI hears that PE-backed Dutch mental health provider Mentaal Beter is for sale, with both private equity and international sector operators interested. A local consultant tells us why this is an attractive buy.
September 10, 2020

Curaeos ‘strikes a deal with creditors’

Pan-European dental group Curaeos has reportedly struck a deal with some of its creditors in a move that will lighten the company's debt while transferring a minority stake.
August 13, 2020

Benelux countries make moves on digital therapy reimbursement

The Netherlands and Belgium are closely following behind Germany in reimbursing digital therapeutics (DTx). Payors in the former are negotiating a strategy while the latter has just seen a rehabilitation app become the first to receive public payment. 
July 30, 2020

Interview: Arjan Toor, CEO, Cigna Europe

Cigna now describes itself as “a global health service company” rather than an insurer and has reorganised its European operations. Toor has recently been promoted to CEO Europe. He says that the insurer, which has 15% (US$840m) of its revenue in Europe, doesn't want to verticalise through owning primary care providers but wants instead to provide an end-to-end user experience.
July 21, 2020

FocusCura acquired by Swedish locksmith conglomerate

Netherlands-based elderly tech solutions developer FocusCura has been bought by listed Swedish conglomerate ASSA ABLOY around 18 months after spinning off its telemonitoring app Luscii into a separate subsidiary. The €20bn market-cap 'access solutions' firm is a curious buyer but it tells HBI that the acquisition creates opportunities to develop further products for elderly care.
July 15, 2020

German and Dutch dentists struggle to make up COVID losses

Dentists in Germany and the Netherlands are playing post-COVID closure catchup as businesses have reopened after the height of the pandemic. One DACH-based operator tells us it may be harder to make up lost ground in these countries than elsewhere.
July 9, 2020

Bergman set to enter German ophthalmology market

HBI hears that Dutch and Nordic ambulatory and ophthalmology clinic chain Bergman Clinic is looking to acquire two substantial outpatient ophthalmology chains in Germany. This would mark its entry into the country’s ophthalmology market – and a significant one at that. We talk to a source about the targets, the price, and what this means for the wider market. Longer-term Bergman itself is likely to sell.
June 25, 2020
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