The share price of global lab group Eurofins is down 18% since a high at the end of September. Is it all an overreaction? A raised revenue guidance - but not EBITDA - points to falling margins for the group.
France has committed to reforms in homecare, optometry, and mental health in its social security budget for next year. One source says that it's a particularly important budget with elections coming in the Spring of next year. Meanwhile, President Macron has also committed to replicating Germany's model for reimbursing digital health apps.
Sophie Boissard, the CEO of pan-European elderly care group Korian, does not want to take the group into a multiplicity of markets, she told delegates at HBI 2021. The stance is in contrast to Bupa and Helios, who are building asset-light digital touchpoints to reach more global customers.
Investors and states have ploughed capex into new proton therapy machines across Europe as the machines get smaller, the range of use cases grows and more private insurers start to cover the therapy.
European imaging provider Affidea sees 10% volume growth on MRI scans where it has deployed a programme to track how and when machines are used with proprietary software. Senior VP regional COO Zisis Sotiriou talks to HBI about how it has optimised clinical protocols, identified efficiency savings and gained an extra €2m revenue a year.
Portugal has a new private hospital company which is building specialised acute care framed around the consumer behaviour of millennials. Why does the sector need a new player? Because the traditional operators have more difficulty in deploying good digital transformation, the project's CEO tells HBI.
The consolidation of The Netherlands' non-profit outpatient diagnostics sector by for-profit groups is expected to pick up in the coming months after a delay due to Covid, a partner at Deloitte tells HBI.
Global gas giant Air Liquide will buy Betamed, a Polish medicalised homecare provider, after the competition regulator approved the deal. It will now have over €50m of oxygen services in the country.
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