US insurer United Health has agreed a friendly deal to buy Banmedica, the integrated payor provider that covers Chile and has moved into Colombia and Peru. The deal values Banmedica's equity at US$2.8bn.
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund is interested in investing in the region's healthcare sector. Khazanah was the main backer of Pan-Asian hospital group IHH - and remains a big shareholder.
The global outsourcing group Sodexo has named India a strategic market for its healthcare business and claims there are opportunities in facilities management.
French nursing home behemoth Orpea has announced two joint ventures with fellow countryman Philippe Austruy’s holding company, SIS Group, that will see 2,000 nursing home beds built in Brazil and 1,000 in Portugal over the next 2-3 years. We talk to Orpea and to its Brazilian rivals.
The dominant non-profit sectors in Holland, Belgium and Germany are beginning to open up to property deals with public subsidies on the wane, the manager of a Belgian healthcare REIT told Healthcare Europa today.
Operating in 25 countries and across four continents, Sphera Global Health Care is building a global network of local expertise. Working mainly with insurers, the group acts as a middle man to assist access to international-standard medical services through local infrastructure – if it is not available. We speak to CEO Teo Sarda.
Swedish healthcare and diagnostics provider Medicover has bought a 22% stake in India-based MaxCure Hospitals, as well as completing the acquisition of Medicover Fertility India, which it has run for over a year.
The Russian government may expand the favourable legislation surrounding the multi-billion dollar Moscow International Medical Cluster (MIMC) and foreign investment in it to expand beyond the Moscow region. Meantime, Israeli and South Korean operators have agreed to open branches, says Mikhail Yugay, CEO of IMC Foundation.
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