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Med360 and the problems for vertical integrators

Why has Philips gone quiet about its acquisition of a stake in German imaging and outpatient group Med360? Official filings confirm that a hospital group is investing alongside Philips - confirming a story Healthcare Europa broke earlier this year.

France’s biggest independent hospital looks for sale & leaseback deal

Sources at our HBI 2018 Conference tell us that the rumoured sale of the 500-bed Confluent hospital in Nantes should go ahead despite a temporary block imposed by the local high court. A well-educated estimation as to its value indicates it could be one of the biggest single hospitals deal seen in years.

Digital health has “no impact on health care service valuations”

Pureplay digital health operators like babylon, Kry and Peng An have raised tens of millions on promise. But there has been no impact on the valuations of healthcare service operators who are deploying digital health in volume. At HBI 2018, Hedley Goldberg, head of health care service at Rothschild said he saw no sign at all […]

Can China import foreign healthcare expertise through acquisitions?

Chinese groups like Aier, the largest ophthalmology chain in China, have been acquiring groups outside the country in the hope, at least in part, of importing healthcare expertise. Healthcare Nova spoke to attendees at HBI 2018 to find out if they think this is a viable strategy.

Brazilian HMO IPO valuations revealed

Brazilian HMOs Notre Dame Intermedica in the wealthy Rio and Sao Paulo region and Hapvida Sistema de Saude, in the poor North and North-East, have set their IPO price ranges and revealed their offering size. One is valued at nearly twice the other, why? 

Mehiläinen close to sale

We hear that three groups remain in the running for Finnish occupational healthcare, medicalised homecare and outpatient group Mehiläinen.

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