Several healthcare companies in the UAE are merging to create the the county's largest healthcare provider. The new company will operate as a payor-provider.
HBI hears the Dutch Ministry of Health is looking to give a Covid testing contract reportedly worth up to €2bn to Unilabs, after previously agreeing to give the contract to Synlab. Synlab tells HBI the tender process is ongoing.
REIT Icade Sante has purchased acute care real estate in Italy for the first time, with the acquisition of four hospitals from Gruppo Villa Maria for €85m. The company has also signed contracts for the purchase of four new nursing homes in Germany, for €71m.
Four French lab groups have joined forces under a new name - OuiLab - to form what they claim is France’s largest group of independent labs, with €200m total revenue.
MENA’s largest telehealth group, Altibbi, has launched a new telephone service in Egypt, with the aim of increasing access to GPs amongst poorer and more rural populations. We speak to CEO Jalil Allabadi to find out more.
European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.
Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
Two decades worth of progress towards achieving universal health coverage across the world could be halted by the pandemic. The WHO claims this is a likely outcome in light of new data it has collected and presented in two new reports, authored in tandem with the World Bank. HBI talks to the WHO and International Finance Corporation to find out more.
Virgin Care has been sold by Virgin Group and rebranded HCRG Care Group by new private equity owners Twenty20 Capital. The new group could lose out on a lucrative council contract, amid claims the council and clinical commissioning group were not consulted on the change of ownership. Click here to read more about Virgin Care […]
Vivanta, Spain’s third largest dental group by revenue, is rebranding to focus on its core dental activities. The company is to divest its aesthetics division, and change its name to Vivantadental.
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