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From Around The World

Our weekly roundup of news from across the Developing World. This week, South Africa, India and Malaysia.
February 24, 2015

Polish cancer group for sale

One of the largest private providers in the cancer market, a chain of three clinics, in Poland is for sale. The business could be a good fit for Pan-European imaging group Affidea or for Luxmed, the Bupa-owned subscriptions healthcare group.
February 19, 2015

From around the world

Our weekly roundup of private healthcare news from around the Developing World. This week, South Africa, the Middle East and India.
February 17, 2015

TMC Life Sciences acquires medical hub in Malaysia

Small listed hospital operator TMC Life Sciences is paying $111m for a 1.6 hectare development site in Malaysia, 40km from Singapore. The site in Johor Baru, Malayasia’s third largest city, has planning approval for a large medical hub. It is being bought from a company owned by businessman Peter Lim who also has a majority of TMC Life Sciences. The site is also 30% owned by the Crown prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris. Healthcare Nova speaks to Dr. Wong Chiang Yin, executive director at TMC Life Sciences, about opportunities in the Malaysian market.
February 17, 2015

UAE’s NMC raises $825m for international expansion and debt

UAE private operator NMC Health is raising $825m with over half going to fund its international expansion. The London-listed group has reportedly been given commitments from banks for the war chest, including a $475m fund that will go towards acquisitions. The remaining $350m will be spent on refinancing NMC’s debt.
February 17, 2015

Mexican sugar clinics reduce annual cost of diabetes care fivefold

Four out of every five people with diabetes live in the Developing World according to the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF). Clínicas del Azúcar is a Mexican chain of diabetes one-stop-shops that reduce the cost of care by 70%. We talk to founder and CEO Javier Lozano Garza, who has an MBA from MIT, to find out more.
February 17, 2015

Report: Brazilian private health care market: promising, but not all roses

Brazil’s healthcare system is fragmented, inefficient and underfunded. Still, this is Latin America’s largest private healthcare market and is consolidating fast. What are the characteristics of the Brazilian healthcare system? Here we look at the structure of the market and segments such as health insurance, acute care and diagnostics.
February 13, 2015

Medicover looks at Romania

Medicover, the Pan-East European subscription and lab provider, has its eyes on buying one of the two big Romanian healthcare chains, which are now for sale. We also get feedback on its new lab operation in Moscow and assess other bidders.
February 12, 2015

Interview: James Cercone, president and founder, Sanigest Internacional

No one can rival Cercone’s expertise running and consulting on private healthcare service groups across the Developing World. In this wide ranging interview, we look at insurance trends, how hospital and diagnostic chains are growing and what the combination of information transparency and international hospital chains will look like in a few years time.
February 10, 2015

IDC-Quiron to manage Mallorca clinic

The IDC-Quiron group, the Spanish hospital chain created in October 2014, has signed an integration and investment agreement with the owners of Rotger Clinic in Palma de Mallorca. The deal, which is not an acquisition, will make IDC-Quiron the biggest private healthcare provider on the island.
February 5, 2015
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