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The difficulty in making money from primary care in France

In contrast to other European countries such as the UK, Ireland and Sweden, France is not currently seeing consolidation of its primary care sector by major corporate entities. HBI speaks to Thomas Breuvart, associate and investor in healthcare at French evergreen investment firm Creadev, to find out why.
February 10, 2022

New Dutch cabinet looks to shift elderly out of care homes

Elections in the Netherlands last year saw Mark Rutte, the Liberal prime minister, return for a fourth term, and belatedly we now have a new cabinet. Could we see a new direction for healthcare following this new mandate?
February 9, 2022

Pictet launches Private Equity focused on health investment

Swiss multinational private bank and financial services company Pictet is launching a private equity fund for the healthcare sector. The company plans to invest in five key segments: therapeutics, diagnostics, digital health, medical technology, and health care and services providers.
February 8, 2022

Sanitas doubles rehabilitation centres in Spain

Spanish hospital group Sanitas Hospitales (a subsidiary of Bupa-owned insurance firm Sanitas) is launching seven new rehabilitation centres in Spain. The new Advanced Rehabilitation Centers will be opened mainly in Madrid. Alongside eight remaining centres located in Madrid, Valencia and Zaragoza, Sanitas will own 15 monographic rehabilitation centres in Spain. Sanitas CEO Inaki Peralta announced […]
February 3, 2022

Fertility sector heating up with three major deals underway

The fertility sector is heating up with multiple deals underway. The UK’s largest group by revenue, CARE Fertility, has been bought for £300m by PE firm Nordic Capital; Reuters reports that of $2.2bn are currently being "lined up" for the largest international player, IVI-RMA. And Australia’s largest group, Virtus Health, is being bought by PE firm CapVest for an equity value of A$650m.
February 3, 2022

Will Orpea scandal hit care home prices?

Luxembourg-based REIT Threestones Capital has just acquired three nursing homes in Germany. HBI catches up with Threestones Capital co-founder, Giovanni Perin, and talks to Xavier Cheval, head of healthcare property at major European REIT Icade, to find out what impact the Orpea scandal is having on elderly care real estate as an asset class.
February 3, 2022

French government opens investigation into Orpea whilst its board terminates CEO

The French government has opened an investigation into nursing home giant Orpea and the company has terminated its CEO. This comes after a tumultuous week for the company in which allegations of widespread malpractice in its French nursing homes were published and its share price halved. Could Orpea be vulnerable to a bid?
February 3, 2022

Patriotic bonus does not stop the brain drain from Poland

To halt the brain drain, in 2018 the Polish government introduced the "patriotic bonus". Doctors who agreed to stay in Poland for at least two years after finishing their post-graduate specialisation receive an additional monthly payment throughout that training. But has it made a difference? HBI, speaks to Dr Witold Paweł Kalbarczyk, advisor in the healthcare sector and former board member of EMC, as well as to CxOs in a large Polish operator and private equity fund investing in the region.
February 2, 2022

Imaging and radiotherapy hots up in West Europe

Infrastructure funds, family offices and big cap private equity are keen to buy and consolidate the imaging/radiotherapy sector in wealthy Western Europe - Germany, France, Switzerland and Northern Italy. We look at recent deals and name the consolidators.
February 2, 2022
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