Sovereign wealth funds are making some big entrances and exits in the Asia-Pacific with bids closing in QIC-owned oncology player Icon Group and Singapore's GIC acquiring a minority stake in Sunway hospital group Sunway Healthcare.
Finland’s parliament has passed a version of the long-awaited healthcare reform, known as SOTE. HBI hears that it’s nowhere near as interesting as the original version.
Korian, the major pan-European elder care group, continues its consolidation of the mental health sector in France. It has just entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the Osny psychotherapy centre based in the Paris region. HBI looks at this, and other recent acquisitions.
Hospital admissions for A&E patients have not yet returned to their pre-Covid levels in Western Europe, despite significant increases in attendance since January this year.
Many people thought that the pandemic would delay private equity exit windows by at least another year, pushing some cycles out as far as six years. But with groups like Almaviva and Lifebrain - bolstered by the pandemic and protected by governments - we're suddenly seeing a lot more investors sell out at three.
What is the key to a regular throughput of profitable ophthalmology clients, and how does an operator fill its clinics? According to Ulla Näpänkangas, ophthalmologist and CEO of Finland-based Silmäasema Silmäsairaala, the answer lies in selling them glasses first.
Global industrial gas providers Air Liquide and Linde have signed two agreements with development agencies Unitaid and Clinton Health Access Initiative(CHAI), to combat a critical oxygen shortage in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) amid the second COVID wave, supplying gas for a "fair price".
The pandemic is causing many businesses and their investors to reassess their plans - and their portfolios. HBI speaks to Ray Berglund, Head of European Healthcare and Life Sciences at management consultants Alvarez & Marsal, and his colleague and Managing Director Dominic Orchard, about why they have never been busier, and the clear trend they are seeing towards carve-outs.
Healthcare insurers talk about quality and controlling prices, but rarely successfully do either. Not so in Finland where quality has improved and prices have risen by only about 5-10% in total over the past five years. How?
Acquisitions in the European telehealth space are ramping up this year thanks to some mid-sized consolidation plays. HBI speaks to the CEOs of the buying parties: Ranjan Singh from HealthHero and Murray Ellender from eConsult.
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