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HBI Interview: Carlos Nueno, President, International, Teladoc 

How fast is the world outside America adopting telehealth and digital care in all its forms? Who better to ask than Carlos Nueno, president International for Teladoc Health, which ties with Ping An from China for the title of the world’s largest telehealth operator. So, what new business models are being rolled out and when? And how are countries adopting the new technology?

EU dermatology M&A slows

Investors in the US are pouring money into dermatology, while EU markets remain far quieter. To find out where and why deals are – and aren’t - happening, we round up the latest news from the sector in Europe, including the UK dermatology consultant-led business Dermatology Partnership, Sweden’s leading dermatology provider Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud, and Dermatologikum Hamburg in Germany.

US homecare tech specialist buys Home Instead

US-based homecare tech specialist Honor Technology has acquired Home Instead, the global leader of franchise homecare services. The deal creates a global homecare group worth more than $2.1 billion in homecare revenue.  HBI chats with sources including Home Instead's UK CEO to find out what the deal means for markets outside of the United States.

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.

$4.2bn Babylon to go public at 11-13x revenue multiple

Global digital health platform Babylon Health will IPO through a $4.2bn merger with SPAC Alkuri Acquisition Corp. The deal gives it a 13x revenue multiple of the $4.2bn equity value and 11x a $3.6bn enterprise value. The move comes as Europe's players increasingly look to the States as a more scalable market. Despite just launching there last year, 70% of Babylon's revenues now come from the States.

Kaia Health raises $75m to develop motion tracking solution

Europe's most funded digital therapeutics start-up Kaia Health has raised a $75m Series C bringing its total amount raised to date to over $100m. CEO Konstantin Mehl tells HBI it will be spent on building the commercial team in Germany and the States as well as developing its motion detection solution used for treating chronic pain on mobile phones.

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