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Interview: Juan and José María Garrido, Weston Hill

Weston Hill is a Madrid-based asset management company that has been very busy in the Spanish dental market recently. Healthcare Europa speaks to brothers Juan and José María Garrido, founders, and the group's CEO and managing director respectively, about Weston's ongoing work with Institutos Odontológicos (IO) and the recent purchase of iDental.
December 19, 2017

The lucrative, luxurious post-birth care business in China

Professional postpartum care - luxury live-in care for both mother and child in the month following childbirth - has evolved into a lucrative business in China in less than a decade. Healthcare Nova speaks to John Yue Zhao, founder and CEO of the Xi Yue Ge care centre to find out more.
December 18, 2017

Where is the genetics industry headed?

The company to offer the first thousand dollar genome claims it will soon have a monopoly in genetics to rival that of Amazon in retail. In doing so, could Veritas Genetics finally deliver on the false promises of the industry and revolutionise healthcare as a whole? 
November 23, 2017

Laureate sells off private universities in Europe

Laureate Education Inc, the NASDAQ listed private university chain, has agreed to sell for-profit European University Cyprus (EUC), which has a medical school and the only accredited dentistry program in Cyprus. We hear other European assets may follow.
November 22, 2017

Trump’s wall could hit Mexican medical tourism market

What does President Trump's Mexican wall plan mean for medical travel across the border? Some Mexican hospital groups have already reported a fall in US patients, but opinion is split on what the long-term effect will be. We talk to operators in the region to find out more.
November 14, 2017

For-profit medical education – a survey

Public sector education is failing to build the nursing and doctor capacity that is needed around the world.  We talk to academic Kevin Kinser at PennState University in the USA who specialises in tracking the for-profit tertiary education sector about the sector in general and about healthcare specifically.  This is part of a series of articles on medical training and the private sector. 
October 26, 2017

New Falck CEO “systematically examining business” after first half losses

Jacob Riis, new CEO at Falck, the international ambulance, fire service and healthcare group, admits H1 2017 results were “not satisfactory” and says he is "systematically examining" the business. Could this be with a view to a sale? Healthcare Europa speaks to an informed source amid speculation that we might soon see a sale of Falck’s healthcare services business – which unlike the rest of the business is doing rather well.
September 20, 2017
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