Synlab Nigeria's chief medical officer told crowds at the launch of a new wellness centre in Lagos that previously "only outdated technologies were dumped in Africa". This might be true, but is there a market for expensive innovation?
Big-spending private equity firm Advent International has moved into European dentistry by buying Vitaldent, a franchise-based chain of dental clinics in Spain and Italy in what could be the first step in building a pan-European platform.
This week we plot three variables showing possible future market potential for for-profit residential elderly care across eleven different countries and three European regions.
UK-based Proton Partners made a loss of £22m in the first FY since it moved to an operational model. HBI speaks to CEO Mike Moran to speak about growth, its NEX listing and troubled-investor Neil Woodford.
HBI talks to Praful Nargund, CEO of fast-growing UK-based CREATE Fertility, as it buys out its minority investor and plans further expansion at home, and abroad.
The only way that digital care can be financially sustainable for both payors and operators is if it can scale. But recent debates in the UK and Sweden show that the public payor - the main mechanism that enables scale - is not yet equipped with the right mechanism to fund it.
Pan-Asian hospital group IHH Healthcare has announced its CEO will change at the end of 2019, a refinancing of up to $250m of non-Lira debt and its Fortis deal boosted Q1 2019 results, while its Turkish subsidiary Acibadem is reportedly eyeing an investment in London.
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