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CEE – a land of opportunity?

With 125 million people - 80 million of whom live in the big four (Poland, Romania, Czechia and Hungary) - CEE is a large and diverse market. But is it a tempting one? HBI-365 members heard an expert panel in our CEE State of the Regions broadcast suggest that while COVID is creating huge problems across the world, it is also creating opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.
December 1, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa invests and insources during pandemic

The direct health impact of COVID-19 on sub-Saharan Africa has so far been significantly less than expected. But economic activity has fallen sharply and a vaccine impact is not expected until late next year. Panellists from Anadach, the IFC, Columbia Africa, AfyA Care and Nyaho Medical Centre talk about consolidation, supply chains and teledensity.
November 30, 2020

DACH operators should feel positive about 2021

Despite one of the panellists at HBI's DACH-State of the Regions broadcast last week labelling 2020 "the wildest year in recent history in the healthcare sector", there are lots of reasons to feel positive about Europe's German-speaking countries as we look towards the new year.
November 26, 2020

Operators in Russia and ex-CIS hit hard by COVID

State financing has seen little growth in expenditure in Russia over the last couple of years, while former CIS countries are struggling to fund robust healthcare systems. Despite this, panellists at HBI's Russia and Former CIS - State of the Regions discussion last week found some reasons to be positive.
November 26, 2020

Emerging market lab roundup

HBI rounds up the latest news from the world's largest emerging market laboratories, including Grupo Fleury in Brazil striking a deal with a rival, and lab activity normalising in India.
November 19, 2020

FDA approves first home COVID-19 test

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its first COVID-19 test where patients can both take the sample and receive results at home.
November 19, 2020

State of the regions: Russia and Former CIS

The Russian state remains supportive of the for-profit health care sector which continues to grow fast. Elsewhere the sector is also growing fast across the Ukraine and in many of the ‘Stans. So what are the business models that work best? What are the prospects for fast-growth outpatient models that incorporate diagnostics and primary care? […]
November 18, 2020

COVID vaccine: Shot in the arm the markets needed?

Pfizer shares rocketed 15% on Monday with news of a vaccine that's more than 90% effective. But lab and telehealth shares plummeted upon the announcement while hospitals, care homes and outpatient groups recouped some of their YTD losses. HBI explores what a vaccine might mean across the five sub-sectors.
November 12, 2020
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