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WhiteCoat acquires Good Doctor, creating Southeast Asia’s “largest digital healthcare group”

Singapore-based digital healthcare group WhiteCoat Global is acquiring Good Doctor Indonesia, a telemedicine platform with the largest insurer and corporate client network in Indonesia. WhiteCoat, which connects patients with payers and providers to deliver primary, specialist, and allied care, said in a statement the ‘landmark deal will create the region’s largest and most comprehensive digital healthcare group’. Thalia Georgiou, Managing Partner, Healthcare Advisory at Asia Care Group, also offers her perspective on the deal.

Apax Partners halts new investments into healthcare assets

Apax Partners, a global private equity firm based in London, has decided to stop new investments into healthcare assets as it sees fewer opportunities in the industry. The firm will now no longer have a dedicated healthcare team and will reassign the vast majority of the members to other roles, according ‘to an update to its limited partners’ seen by Bloomberg News. The firm will keep investing in ‘healthcare-adjacent businesses’.

FREE BLOG The future of private equity

Last month I attended IPEM's (HBI’s sister company) private equity conference in Paris. Perhaps the most recurring theme from the two days of panel discussions was that the private equity industry is at a turning point.

Swiss Medical Network acquires ‘Centromedico’ and establishes second integrated care region

Swiss Medical Network, one of the two leading private clinic and hospital groups in Switzerland, has announced the acquisition of PDS Medical SA, which operates 10 group practices in the canton of Ticino under the brand name ‘Centromedico’. With Centromedico an important provider of primary care in Ticino, the new deal strengthens Swiss Medical Network’s presence in the region.

HBI News Round-up, Friday 11 October 2024

In this HBI News Round-up we cover Indian healthcare service provider Fortis Healthcare’s board approving a raise, three UK hospitals being investigated in disgraced surgeon case, UAE-based Burjeel expanding its PhysioTherabia network, Amazon adding same-day pharmacy delivery to 20 cities, and Netherlands health tech company Royal Philips partnering with Siloam Hospitals Group to spur development of Indonesia’s healthcare sector. 

Investment opportunities on the rise in India’s robotic surgery sector

Robotic surgery in India has seen a lot of growth over the past decade. According to the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association of India, approximately 60,000 robotic-assisted surgeries are performed annually by more than 1,500 surgeons across specialties including general surgery, oncology, nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology, gynaecology, and orthopaedic surgeries.

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