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Maven invests in UK consumer healthcare company Covestus

UK PE firm Maven Capital Partners has invested in Covestus, a UK company that owns consumer healthcare brands.

July 26, 2024

FREE BLOG Health tech venture investment may also be through the bottom of its cycle

Last month we reported that healthcare M&A investment may be through the bottom of the cycle, after two years of downturn. But it’s not just M&A of healthcare services providers that has been negatively impacted by the increase in interest rates over the past two years. Venture capital investment into health tech start-ups and scale-ups has also been affected, but now may be about to rebound.

July 26, 2024

India increases public health spending, but out-of-pocket costs remain high

In this infographic we look at the healthcare budget allocation in the world's most populous country, India.

July 25, 2024

Use of AI and robots in cancer diagnosis and surgeries — an interview with Dr. T. Manohar of Apollo Institute of Urology, India

The healthcare sector is increasingly relying on AI and robots, from diagnosis to surgeries. HBI spoke with Dr. T. Manohar, Director & Chief of Urology Services at Apollo Institute of Urology, Uro Oncology, and Kidney Transplantation, about the use of AI in cancer diagnosis.

July 23, 2024

Learna’s new postgraduate course on AI for healthcare workers

Online medical education platform Learna has put together a postgraduate programme on AI use in medicine, aimed at healthcare professionals who want to brush up their understanding and skills in how AI works and how they can make use of it. Dr Anish Kotecha, Learna’s Head of Medical Education, spoke to us about the motivation for creating the course and what it covers.

July 22, 2024

EU Artificial Intelligence Act comes into law

The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act), was published last Friday in the Official Journal of the European Union, the final step in bringing the Act into law.

July 19, 2024

UK’s largest plastic surgery group SK:N goes bust

SK:N, the UK’s largest plastic surgery provider, has gone bankrupt.

July 19, 2024

Synlab finally taken off stock market by Cinven

Shares of Synlab, Europe’s largest labs group, stopped trading on July 12, marking the official completion of PE firm Cinven’s take-private.

July 19, 2024

HBI News Round Up, 19 July 2024

In this HBI News Round Up we look at Indian healthcare financing startup Icanheal’s latest fundraising, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s acquisition of a hospital currently run by UK private hospital operator Spire, the suspension of a surgeon by Spire for patient harm, French nursing home giant emeis’ sale of €24 million of real estate agreement in Portugal, funding house Unicorn India’s partial exit from medtech startup Sascan, London-based healthcare startup Huma’s fundraising to expand its AI-driven healthcare platform, and the construction of a new private hospital in Budapest, Hungary.

July 19, 2024

FREE BLOG Supermarkets and retailers enter out-of-pocket healthcare space — offer prevention, diagnostic, and screening services

While not a new trend, recent innovations spark debate on the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare services in supermarkets. Healthcare globally faces challenges, with the UK grappling with workforce shortages and increasing NHS wait lists.

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