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How can you build a successful health care science cluster in Europe?

Europe, with its often rigorous divides between research institutes and university hospitals, has fallen a long way behind power houses such as MIT/Harvard/Mass General in the generation of applied medical science. So how do you build a successful healthcare science cluster in Europe?
March 24, 2022

PKV to stay

The German health care sector is breathing a sigh of relief at the news that the private PKV insurance that covers 11pc of Germans is most unlikely to be abolished by the new government. Karl Lauterbach, a fierce. critic of the parallel system who had previously described PKV as "brown coal" says its reform is a very low priority.
March 3, 2022

Orpea won’t stop nursing home M&A drive

Orpea's smaller PE-backed French rivals who are spilling out across Europe say they are not worried by the Orpea scandal. Colissee has just acquired in Portugal for the first time. HBI talks to the C-level at the French operator to learn more.
February 25, 2022

Finnish SOTE reform ‘could create more outsourcing opportunities’

In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
February 17, 2022

Lusiadas Saude for sale

HBI hears Lusiadas Saude, Portugal’s third-largest hospital group by revenue, is for sale. Meanwhile, imaging and labs may be affected by the surprise re-election of the leftist Socialist government. HBI speaks with a healthcare consultant in Portugal to find out more. 
February 10, 2022

New Dutch cabinet looks to shift elderly out of care homes

Elections in the Netherlands last year saw Mark Rutte, the Liberal prime minister, return for a fourth term, and belatedly we now have a new cabinet. Could we see a new direction for healthcare following this new mandate?
February 9, 2022

New Czech government set to liberalise health care market

The new centre-right Czech government will try to liberalise the healthcare market, could introduce supplementary insurance and may even reintroduce hugely unpopular co-pays. HBI talks with Dr Oldrich Subtr, the founder of Program Health Plus, a private polyclinic based in Prague.
February 3, 2022

Patriotic bonus does not stop the brain drain from Poland

To halt the brain drain, in 2018 the Polish government introduced the "patriotic bonus". Doctors who agreed to stay in Poland for at least two years after finishing their post-graduate specialisation receive an additional monthly payment throughout that training. But has it made a difference? HBI, speaks to Dr Witold Paweł Kalbarczyk, advisor in the healthcare sector and former board member of EMC, as well as to CxOs in a large Polish operator and private equity fund investing in the region.
February 2, 2022
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