The UK branch of British multinational healthcare company Bupa is launching a new direct-to-consumer subscription service for primary care, giving customers access to same-day appointments with a private GP, starting at just over £200 per year.
Over the coming years and decades an increasing amount of care will be delivered to patients in their homes. New devices and wearables that can collect health data from people whilst they’re at home and healthcare’s digitalisation trend are opening up new possibilities, both for prevention and for providing better and more efficient care to those with chronic conditions.
Watching Paris host first the Olympic Games and now the Paralympic Games has been a pleasure that I’m sure many of you will have enjoyed this summer. The Games, which have been organised to be the most sustainable ever, have proven the ultimate showcase for a city which will always be synonymous with enlightenment and of course romance.
Private equity (PE) is increasingly investing in healthcare due to high returns and societal impact. HBI recently reported on the rebound in European healthcare investments, with ~€9 billion across 154 deals by August 2024, signalling renewed sector momentum after 2023’s decline.
In this HBI News Round Up we cover the investment summary of pan-European firm Affidea's Romanian branch the first half of 2024, global leader in RNA-based genomic diagnostics BioNexus Gene Lab Corp’s investment into a pioneering Malaysian healthcare technology firm, Ascension Innovation Sdn Bhd, and Portuguese hospital group CUF's profits results for the first half of 2024.
German multinational medtech firm Siemens Healthineers is going to acquire the diagnostic division of Swiss-based multinational pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG.
Tech consultancy firm Accenture is going to expand its healthcare capabilities in Germany with the acquisition of leading German healthcare management consultancy, consus.health. The details of the acquisition, which is expected to complete subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed. Freiburg im Breisgau-based consus.health was founded in 2012 and has more than 600 healthcare […]
Sweden-based global medtech company Getinge is going to acquire 100% of US-based organ transport products and services company Paragonix Technologies, for approximately $477 million.
UCB, a Belgian biopharma company, plans to divest its business in China, to CBC Group, a Singapore-based investment firm, and Mubadala, a global investment company from Abu Dhabi, for $680 million.
The deal, pending regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2024 and includes UCB’s neurology and allergy portfolios, as well as its manufacturing site in Zhuhai, China.
The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England, and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) have launched a £400 million initiative to improve the country’s pharmaceutical testing capabilities.
Termed the ‘Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicine Pricing, Access and Growth’ (VPAG), this public-private investment will create up to 18 new clinical trial hubs across the UK, speeding up the development and availability of new medicines, as detailed in the August 28 press release.
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