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Fertility sector heating up with three major deals underway

The fertility sector is heating up with multiple deals underway. The UK’s largest group by revenue, CARE Fertility, has been bought for £300m by PE firm Nordic Capital; Reuters reports that of $2.2bn are currently being "lined up" for the largest international player, IVI-RMA. And Australia’s largest group, Virtus Health, is being bought by PE firm CapVest for an equity value of A$650m.
February 3, 2022

FREE BLOG Training a doctor for €100,000

Yes, you read that right: €100,000. That is the total fee that for-profit educator EDU charges for a five-and-a-half year education, including a first degree, a masters, a year in a hospital, followed by six months as a trainee in a hospital at the end (see our interview of the week).
February 3, 2022

Interview: Jürgen Laartz, founder, and Alexandra Cosma, COO, EDU Malta

A five and a half year education (Batchelor + Masters) as a doctor for just €100,000? That is what is on offer from EDU Malta, a for-profit educational institute with statutes which commit it to working for the public good. It is working closely with Fresenius Helios and other German hospitals and is looking for hospital partners in other countries.  So how does it work, what are EDU’s plans and what role could this play in dealing with the massive world shortage of doctors?
February 3, 2022

Patriotic bonus does not stop the brain drain from Poland

To halt the brain drain, in 2018 the Polish government introduced the "patriotic bonus". Doctors who agreed to stay in Poland for at least two years after finishing their post-graduate specialisation receive an additional monthly payment throughout that training. But has it made a difference? HBI, speaks to Dr Witold Paweł Kalbarczyk, advisor in the healthcare sector and former board member of EMC, as well as to CxOs in a large Polish operator and private equity fund investing in the region.
February 2, 2022

Imaging and radiotherapy hots up in West Europe

Infrastructure funds, family offices and big cap private equity are keen to buy and consolidate the imaging/radiotherapy sector in wealthy Western Europe - Germany, France, Switzerland and Northern Italy. We look at recent deals and name the consolidators.
February 2, 2022

Ukrainian operators calm, but foreign investment could falter

The eyes of the world have been on Ukraine recently, as the risk of a Russian invasion ramps up. HBI speaks to operators, private equity, and pharma in the region to see if nerves are being held, or fraying, and how what happens in the next few weeks might hit for-profit healthcare in the region.
January 27, 2022

Romanian outlook positive, as for-profits benefit from pandemic outsourcing

Regina Maria, the largest hospital group in Romania, is acquiring Bucharest-based fertility clinic Columna Medical Center. HBI talks to Fady Chreih, Regina Maria CEO, to find out more about the group's overall business strategy and Romanian market in general, while Matthew Strassberg, the CEO of owner Mid Europa, tells HBI that the business is not for sale.
January 27, 2022

Hospital consolidation in France, Germany and Europe

This week, we look at the extent to which the for-profit hospital market is consolidated in three key countries - France, Germany and the UK. These figures are a snapshot of the position based on revenues in 2020.
January 27, 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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