A big lab group appears to have cracked the key to making money from B2C tests and is already selling hundreds of thousands such tests a year online. That would be quite an achievement. We name names.
Market forces are not the only factors determining the fate of private providers in Nordic elderly care. As local elections near in Norway and national government in Sweden continues to be run by a struggling minority group, we speak to operators in both countries and take a look at how a political climate can create a warm welcome to the private market - or rain on its parade.
With international hospital group Ramsay's improved offer for Nordic, French and German acute operator Capio set to be successful, it leaves the buyer with a quandary: take on the unprofitable German operations which give it a tiny market position, buy one of the top five players there as a solution, or conclude Capio's divestment process?
Ambea has bought a really mixed bag of assets in purchasing Aleris’ care division. And Aleris extraordinary service mix and very low margins is a lesson in the need to focus. Aleris’s care division covers everything from addiction clinics and day centres through to childcare, elderly care, adult care, psychiatry and even refugee centres. Given […]
Swedish care provider Ambea has acquired the rival care operations of Aleris in Sweden, Norway and Denmark for SEK 2.6bn (€252m), 14x EBITA. Healthcare Europa speaks to Ambea CEO Frederik Gren.
We take a closer look at international hospital group Ramsay's improved offer for Nordic, French and German acute care operator Capio and discuss the main drivers of the deal for both sides; plus, Capio releases its Q3 update.
The Capio board is considering an increased offer of SEK 58 a share from Ramsay Generale de Sante, the French arm of Australian giant Ramsay Health Care.
Sweden's second largest telehealth provider has expanded into physical care after making a deal with ICA Gruppen, a large retailer with a focus on food and health.
The UK health secretary earlier this week told staff at online consultation and advice service Babylon that he supported the nationwide introduction of the company's remote consultation app GP at Hand. But how well has the company fared so far? We try to make sense of the figures.
The sale of Bridgepoint-owned international dialysis giant Diaverum is likley being delayed until the future of its lucrative Saudi contract is determined, as potential suitors adopt a wait and see approach, Healthcare Europa hears.
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