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Covid: The double whammy – who will be left standing?

In a recent paper on the medtech outlook for Europe, UBS, looked at how Singapore and Toronto bounced back from pandemics. Pent up demand simply led to double growth rates the year after. But Covid is two things: a pandemic coupled to a steep recession, almost certainly worse than 2008. We look at what this means for a sector where private equity has often geared up to the hilt.
April 16, 2020

Booking data shows outpatient has all but stopped

Patient footfall for outpatient care across the world has all but stopped. Exclusive data from DocPlanner shows which specialities have seen the biggest drop in appointments booked and where telemedicine is really picking up some of the slack. We assess this against outpatient volumes in Singapore during SARS to see when it might pick up.
April 16, 2020

European dental markets “could take years to recover from COVID”

As HBI Intelligence reviews the impact of COVID-19, HBI has been talking to operators and analysts. One EU-based operator says many markets across Europe will struggle to recover once the COVID-19 crisis has passed. Here is his view of where will be worst hit - and where we may see a surprising rebound.
April 15, 2020

‘Years of negative growth post COVID’ predicted by UK dental operator

HBI has revised its HBI Intelligence forecast for growth in the UK dental market in 2020 down to -2.5%. It had been growing at 3.5% - but that was before the COVID-19 outbreak. One UK-based operator forsees revenues plunging, multiples dropping, patients avoiding appointments and some owner-practitioners simply calling it a day and selling up.
April 7, 2020

Exclusive prediction: Pandemic reaching turning point in Europe?

An exclusive analysis by Chinese insurance giant Ping An suggests COVID-19 cases could reach a turning point in the next few days, hitting the peak of new confirmed cases by later this week / early April,  with that figure set to fall thereafter.
March 30, 2020

Advent ‘pulls out of Dentix deal’

Reports from Spain suggest Spain’s biggest dental chain by revenue, Dentix, has an uncertain future after a rescue plan by Vitaldent owner Advent fell through.
March 19, 2020

Dutch physiotherapy group makes plans to go national

Dutch physiotherapy specialist TopzorgGroep has recently gained new investor. HBI talks to a Netherlands-based consultant about how the group could become a notable player in a largely chain-free market.
March 19, 2020
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