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HBI News Round Up, Friday 23rd August 2024

In this HBI News Round Up we cover Hallo Healthcare Group’s exit from the healthcare services sector, Genesis MedTech’s sale of its subsidiary, JC Medical Inc to Edwards Lifesciences, biopharmaceutical company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals obtaining of a licence for CASGEVY in the UK, disease risk detection and preventative health company, Nightingale Health’s attaining of UK Conformity […]

CVC Capital acquires major stake in Indonesia’s Siloam Hospitals, signalling rising PE interest in Southeast Asia healthcare

CVC Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, has acquired an additional 45% stake in Indonesia's chain of multi speciality hospitals, Siloam Hospitals, from the country’s conglomerate Lippo Karawaci for 16.6 trillion rupiah ($1 billion), making CVC the majority shareholder. This transaction, involving 5.85 billion shares, was announced on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

Far East Drug Co. acquires majority stake in Singapore’s Fullerton Health

Fullerton Health Corporation Limited (Fullerton Health), a multinational occupational health care provider in the Asia-Pacific region, confirmed on Tuesday that pharmaceutical company Far East Drug (B.V.I.) Co. Ltd (FED) is acquiring a significant stake in the Singapore-headquartered group.

Quadria investing $1.5bn into South and SE Asia

Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital is set to inject $1.5bn worth of healthcare investments into South and South East Asian countries over the next two to three years. In line with growing trends, India stands to win big, earmarked to receive roughly 50% of the investment.

Two bidders left for Ramsay Sime Darby, as CVC buys Filipino hospital chain

South East Asia is continuing to see much more large-scale M&A activity than Europe. The sale of Malaysian and Indonesian hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby is reaching its final stages, with only two bidders reportedly left in the running. Meanwhile, Luxembourg-based PE firm CVC Capital Partners has bought a controlling stake in The Medical City (TMC), the Philippines' most expansive hospital group in terms of outpatient clinic footprint.

Bankruptcies, closures, and scandals: the bleak state of European nursing homes

Across Europe, nursing homes are in crisis. Between scandals in France, insolvencies in Germany, the threat of regulation in Spain, and fair fee woes in the UK, HBI hears that the nursing home sector is the least attractive healthcare services sector for investors. Are things really that bad - and is the threat of mass bankruptcies real?

Germany cuts red tape to recruit outside EU

This summer, a new immigration reform was passed to make it easier for workers from non-EU countries to relocate to Germany. An Indian organisation plans to train 2,000 nurses for the German market. HBI speaks to experts to find out who will make the most of the changes and if it’s the best course of action to combat labour shortages.

Fighting back against brain drain

Western Europe is becoming increasingly dependent on importing talent to address its workforce crisis, but there are signs of resistance to the brain drain. With Nigeria looking to introduce a mandatory domestic five-year service for all doctors, HBI speaks to a global workforce expert to see if this kind of pushback could have any lasting impact.

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