Investors had a mixed reaction to Fresenius’ half-year results, which saw the firm perform poorly on a group-level, but the core businesses highlighted by the restructuring plan perform well. The company did not confirm rumours of divestments.
Germany-based healthcare conglomerate Fresenius’ restructuring plans seem to be gathering steam, as HBI hears the sale of its Spain-based fertility clinic Eugin is imminent.
“There are so many other areas in women’s health, beyond fertility, where funding isn’t developed”. Katya Zubareva, a partner at L.E.K. Consulting kicked off HBI 2023’s “Investment opportunity in fertility and women’s health” panel with a fascinating question: why is women’s health hyper focused on fertility?
Regulatory changes are one of the major concerns among players in healthcare services. A busy panel of lawyers, operators and investors considered this thorny issue at HBI 2023, with a general feeling that even the strictest of regulations can provide some kind of opportunity, and that private funding is so essential a component in health care today, it cannot be legislated away.
Demand for fertility is rising, but access can still be difficult. HBI speaks to Dr Marta Jansa Perez, director of embryology at low-cost UK fertility provider Bridge Clinic, to find out what can be done.
Our annual conference took place earlier this week in London. Over a jam-packed three days of HBI 2023, an impressive array of delegates from across Europe and beyond gathered in the heart of London and shared their insights into the myriad challenges and abundant opportunities the sector faces, and offered their views on how some of them might be addressed. Here are some of our key takeaways.
It has been a long time coming, but HBI hears that the Irish fertility market is set to open up in September of this year as the Irish government funds fertility treatment for the first time.
South Africa's parliament has voted for a new health insurance bill which will pave the way towards universal healthcare – at the expense of private care.
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