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EMEA’s Top 100 largest groups by revenue revealed

HBI’s inaugural HBI Health Care Services Top 100 lists the largest 100 companies by EMEA health care services revenue. In total revenue their revenue came to over €105bn - and we've uncovered some surprising winners and losers. 

IVIRMA buys CREATE Fertility as it looks to expand abroad

Global reproductive specialist IVI RMA has acquired CREATE Fertility and low-cost specialist abc IVF in what it says is the UK's largest IVF deal. HBI speaks to Praful Nargund, CREATE's managing director, to find out more about its big plans for international expansion.

IFC asks operators for ethical pledge

IFC is asking healthcare groups around the world to sign up to a set of concise, pragmatic guidelines which promote ethical conduct and support daily decision making in the health sector.

Kuwait sovereign fund in for Almaviva

Wren House, the investment subsidiary owned by the Kuwait Sovereign Fund, is about to buy French hospital group Almaviva Santé from Antin, reports say. 

Mehilainen acquires Finland’s largest physiotherapy player

Finland's second-largest for-profit healthcare operator Mehilainen has acquired Fysios which claims to be the country's largest for-profit physiotherapy player. The newly acquired group is looking to expand internationally, and grow its digital services.

Families to get free granny tech from next year

Next year, Germany will launch a new telemonitoring reimbursement scheme to give families and carers free homecare tech. A similar bill for chronic disease management in France also might squeeze its way into next year's health budget.

Meine Radiologie deal: A very high price and multiple?

A well-placed German radiology source has given HBI a price and multiple for EQT's acquisition of Meine Radiologie which, together with Blikk, is combining to make the country's largest group in the sector by revenue.

AXA partners with Microsoft and buys providers

AXA and Microsoft have launched an ambitious and innovative digital healthcare platform that is already live in Italy and Germany with other major European countries to follow over the next six months.

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