Investors and states have ploughed capex into new proton therapy machines across Europe as the machines get smaller, the range of use cases grows and more private insurers start to cover the therapy.
Potential winners of Germany's upcoming elections are pledging to abolish private medical insurance (PKV). The move could spell disaster for the whole healthcare sector: it accounts for 37% of all expenditure.
The Swedish government proposed a new budget totalling €7.3bn (SEK74bn) to the parliament, Riksdag, on Monday (September 20). Roughly SEK2.5bn (€247m) is being allocated to elderly care to help the sector recover from COVID. Despite improvements, HBI hears lack of level-playing field between municipalities remains a real struggle.
The direct-to-consumer or B2C diagnostics sector began well before Covid. Over the past decade, increasing numbers of people have used at-home testing kits to screen for a variety of diseases (cancers, cardiac diseases and STIs), as well as to evaluate genetic susceptibility and find out about their ancestry.
Saudi Arabia’s largest telemedicine consultations platform Altibbi has managed to double its revenue for fifth consecutive year. CEO and founder Jalil Labadi shares the secrets behind this success with HBI, and talks strategy as the company develops.
Infrastructure barriers are hampering the growth of telemedicine in developing countries. While European health tech is on the rise, less developed areas of Africa and South Asia are at a crossroads, but investment is being made to fix the problem, HBI hears.
To date, for-profit assisted living providers have focused more or less exclusively on providing luxury retirement villages to relatively wealthy retirees. This is the case across Europe, but is particularly evident in Germany.
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