We examine a feast of data, the 2018 results, from Cerba, Synlab and Unilabs and contrast them with Sonic and Eurofins. What do they tell us about their performance across routine lab testing, acquisitions and diversification?
Radiotherapy group MedEuropa has acquired the largest radiosurgery player in the German market, a year after telling HBI it wanted to create a pan-European network.
If there was one overriding theme to come out of HBI 2019, it is that the future is digital - and in some cases, it's here. Ten per cent of Finland's population is registered to use Mehilainen's digital healthcare app, patients make 25k digital healthcare visits every month in Sweden, and 90% of the world's healthcare data has been created in the past two years.
Healthcare-specialised private equity firm Gilde Healthcare launched its third fund last week worth €200m. The fund, Gilde Healthcare Services III, will focus on lower mid-market healthcare providers and medical product suppliers in the Benelux and DACH regions. Gilde is currently invested in nursing home operator Stepping Stones, domiciliary care, occupational healthcare and a number of […]
This week we calculate the ratio of elderly care beds for all citizens aged 85 and over across sixteen European countries. The resulting graphic gives a telling overview of provision and opportunities across different markets.
An ophthalmology group with a strong presence in the DACH region could be put on the block in 2019, HBI hears. We look at private equity investments across Europe's ophthalmology service sector.
Two of Switzerland's biggest private health insurers have taken a handful of Mediclinic International's Swiss subsidiary Hirslanden's hospitals off their provider list. We talk to the insurers and market sources about what this means for the hospital sector.
HBI has just finished a deep dive into the rehabilitation sector. This small, fragmented, poor relative of acute care is often ignored by operators. A perception of low margins and a reluctance among acute hospitals to refer on to rehab cannot be helping. But things are changing, and new markets are opening up.
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