Nursing home operator SeneCura, Orpea's Czech subsidiary, is expanding into the south of the country. We speak to a market expert about business strategy at two of Czechia's biggest players.
Brazilian hospital operator and holding company Evipar (Eustácio Vieira Participações) is investing R $400m (US $96m) into the construction of two new hospitals to be rented out to the country's largest healthcare providers.
The share price of Europe's largest teleradiology group by revenue, London-listed UK player Medica, is yet to recover from a post-IPO-boom trough for the last two years despite 15-20% growth and consistently high margins. We talk to new CEO Stuart Quin and an investment banking source about the jitters investors may have about the sector, including AI solutions eating its lunch.
Spanish real-estate investor Azora created a listed healthcare investment arm, Adriano Care, this summer. The REIT has just acquired its first assets and plans to invest €250m in Spanish senior residential care. We speak to Azora's head of senior housing, Carlos Fernández de Araoz, about the market, business strategy and future plans for Adriano.
Retail healthcare investors who have seen the European veterinary space undergo an eight-year period of rapid practice consolidation by private-equity backed groups are beginning to look at dentistry. Will yesterday's investors in vets tomorrow invest in dentists? HBI chats to Mansfield Advisors to find out more about how dentistry could be at a price tipping point that will favour big consolidators.
The IFC has invested in the biggest sub-Saharan Africa healthcare investment platform since Abraaj's ill-fated $1bn fund with a view to acquiring and integrating hospitals in east and southern Africa. It's still not that big.
The total Dutch healthcare services market is forecast to grow from €83bn in 2021 to €98bn in 2025, an increase of over 18%, buoyed by demand for long-term care. The forecast by the Dutch Central Statistics Bureau (CBS) comes at a time when the country's nursing home sector is transitioning to further provision from the for-profit sector.
Russian hospital network Medsi, backed by listed investor Sistema Capital, has launched a franchise model to grow its network of clinics. The move could be a way for the group to expand beyond Moscow where most of its business is concentrated.
European REIT Aedifica has been expanding aggressively in Germany and is planning its first acquisition in the Finnish market. We speak to the group's chief investment officer about its strategy and what makes an attractive market.
A draft law is being discussed in the German Parliament which could change the way businesses provide oxygen therapy outside of hospital, by moving patients away from homecare ventilation and into specialised nursing homes for respiratory treatment. An investor talks to us about this potential opportunity.
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