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Change in legislation triggers race to consolidate Italian pharmacies

The price of pharmacies in Italy is soaring, HBI hears – and one new group looks to be setting the early pace in the race to create a network after legislation was passed allowing corporate ownership. Previously, pharmacy businesses could only be owned by licenced pharmacists but, on the recommendation of the Italian Competition Authority, […]
June 27, 2019

Procurement doesn’t capture operators’ imaginations, but there’s money to be saved

Healthcare operators do not, generally, find procurement a hot topic – yet there are huge savings to be made and procurement done well can make a substantial difference to a company’s bottom line. Where is the booking.com of medtech, and why do companies seem content to pay up to fivefold more for the same product in a neighbouring country? How do you get operators interested in procurement when. Clearly, if they can save money they ought to be?
May 1, 2019

Aster DM makes Nigerian play

GCC and Indian healthcare group Aster DM has signed a partnership with a university hospital in Nigeria to set up centres of excellence (COE) and a telemedicine unit. The group says the facilities will help fill Nigeria's most significant gaps in provision, but a local advisor sees a referral stream in the short-term.
October 16, 2018

The future of Penta following its CEO’s departure to Capio

Eastern European hospital group Penta Hospitals' enterprising CEO Attila Vegh was the surprising choice to replace the soon-to-be-departing CEO of pan-European hospital group Capio, Thomas Beglund. But with Vegh's fingerprints all over Penta's plans for expansion - and his face still all over its website - where does the Czechia-based group go from here. Healthcare Europa speaks to a lawyer whose firm has advised the group in the past to find out more.
July 26, 2018

Amazon makes further inroads into healthcare

Amazon, the e-commerce giant that takes $4 of every $10 spent online in the US, this month bought PillPack, a pharmaceutical delivery service that cuts out the brick-and-mortar pharmacy. Shares in traditional drug stores chains fell off a cliff-edge, Walgreen Boots Alliance by 10% and CVS Pharmacy by 8%. Today, it's pharma. But tomorrow..? Healthcare Nova speaks to a tech-savvy operator who sees the e-commerce giant soon venturing into health insurance, AI and data-storage.
July 18, 2018

Are you ready for GDPR?

The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.
February 19, 2018

Interview: Abhishek Sharma, CEO, Foundation Holdings

The man who helped turn Al Noor into a US$1bn company is building what he claims is the first major value healthcare platform in the UAE focused on serving the working class. Healthcare Nova chats to Abhishek Sharma, CEO of Foundation Holdings which has just launched Right Health with a view to IPO by 2021.
February 7, 2018
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