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International Hospital Chains: Sector Analysis

Day surgery combined with digital health and far more sophisticated homecare will force this conservative sector to change. How can hospitals build stronger lifetime relationships with patients? How far are they deploying value health and successfully cutting costs? And how do you best manage all this change? Confirmed speakers include: Ronnie van der Merwe, Mediclinic […]

The power of big platforms

What are the advantages of building large international platforms in health care services? What are the synergies between different lines of business? Because of their size can big platforms achieve extra efficiencies in the rollout of digital health and AI? Confirmed speakers include: Sophie Boissard, Korian  Inaki Ereno, Bupa   francesco De Meo, Fresenius Helios […]

Investing in Europe and the Middle East

What do investors think about key sectors and valuations in Europe and the Middle East? How has the pandemic changed their strategy? How will digital health change valuations and plans? Confirmed speakers include: Pascal Keutgens, CPPIB Martin Henrichs, UBS Phil Robinson, CVC Youssef Haidar, Nexus Gulf Chaired by: Max Hotopf, HBI

HBI Interview: Carlos Nueno, President, International, Teladoc 

How fast is the world outside America adopting telehealth and digital care in all its forms? Who better to ask than Carlos Nueno, president International for Teladoc Health, which ties with Ping An from China for the title of the world’s largest telehealth operator. So, what new business models are being rolled out and when? And how are countries adopting the new technology?

The new group building a hospital for millennials

Portugal has a new private hospital company which is building specialised acute care framed around the consumer behaviour of millennials. Why does the sector need a new player? Because the traditional operators have more difficulty in deploying good digital transformation, the project's CEO tells HBI.

Europe’s carer-booking market to pick up with new entrants

Doctor-booking platforms is an established multi-million euro market in Europe. However, platforms that connect families with carers have so far lagged behind. That is starting to change with the emergence of new carer-booking platforms that want to internationalise. HBI speaks to one, Greece's grandmama.

Apollo’s $3.2bn pharmacy arm selling stake after spin off

Apollo Hospitals, India's largest hospital group by revenue, has spun off its pharmacy and digital business into a new subsidiary and appointed banks to sell a 15-20% stake. Amazon was considering a $100m stake in the division at the end of last year as India's online pharmacy sector continues to see a glut of investment with rival PharmEasy also targeting a $9bn IPO.

Imaging AI investment booms post-Covid

Investment in the imaging AI startup space has soared 33% in 2021 so far, with new fundraising rounds, buyouts and IPOs signalling a renewed post-pandemic appetite for the technology. Partnerships between solution providers have also ramped up, possibly signalling precursors to full-blown mergers.

Digital health’s big players’ valuations rocket

The heaviest hitters in Europe’s digital health market have valuations at an all-time high: Babylon is valued at $4.2bn, Kry at $2bn and Alan at €1.4bn. There remains, however, a huge disparity between the M&A and the fundraising markets, with most buyers of these start-ups opting for early-stage acquisitions. HBI gives an overview of the market. 

AXA partners with Microsoft and buys providers

AXA and Microsoft have launched an ambitious and innovative digital healthcare platform that is already live in Italy and Germany with other major European countries to follow over the next six months.

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