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Beleaguered Babylon searches for UK buyer, closes in the US

Under fire digital health company Babylon is shutting down its US operations and looking to sell its UK business. Plans to merge with Swiss digital neurotherapy company MindMaze and be taken private by creditors have collapsed and it is now on the brink of bankruptcy.

Two Southeast Asian groups up for sale and an Indian group to IPO

In contrast to Europe, South and Southeast Asia are continuing to see significant deal activity. HBI hears that SAFE Fertility Group, one of Thailand’s largest IVF providers, and Qualitas Medical Group, a primary care chain with practices across Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, are up for sale. On top of this, Agilus Diagnostics, one of India’s largest labs groups, is set to IPO.

UK Government turns to for-profits to bust backlog

The UK independent sector is gearing up for an explosion in backlog-busting public outsourcing. The for-profit hospital, ophthalmology and imaging markets in particular look set for a significant boost according to wide-reaching government plans announced today (August 4). Click here to read our reports on the UK for-profit healthcare sector in HBI Intelligence.  Thirteen new […]

HBI 2023: Opportunities in ophthalmology

Ophthalmology continues to be a big area of interest for investors, with considerable scope for consolidation. An expert panel including the CEO of Europe's largest chain (Veonet) and the CEO of Latin America's largest player (Opty) discussed opportunities in the sector at HBI 2023.

Dutch care staff awarded pay hikes to compete with temp agencies

In a bid to compete with temporary agencies, elderly care staff in the Netherlands as set to receive salary hikes of 5% this October - with another 5% increase again in 2024. HBI speaks to one Dutch sector expert to understand the reasoning behind the move and ask if will it have the desired effect.

HBI Deals+Insights briefing June 2023: Intelligence members

Click here to see your August 2023 edition of Deals+Insights. Another bumper edition this month sees the second half of our comprehensive conference coverage following the success of HBI 2023. We also look at French nursing home giant Orpea’s ongoing real estate sale, take a deep delve into developments at Babylon, and ask whether the […]

HBI 2023: Dentistry – what is the elixir of growth?

What is the best way to grow a dental business – is there an elixir of growth? Do you buy? Do you build? Or should you shuffle the pack and grow organically? HBI's dental partner Straumann, the world's largest implant and esthetic dentistry specialist, invited the leaders of three hugely successful businesses onto the stage at HBI 2023 to share their thoughts and expertise.

Tracking health care expenditure growth

In the following infographics we look at OECD data illustrating how health care expenditure has changed over the past few years across several European countries. These three examples show quite different patterns of expenditure growth.

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