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Ambea announces intention to list on Nasdaq Stockholm

Swedish social and elderly care services provider Ambea has announced its intention to float on Nasdaq Stockholm. The final decision is to be taken by the board “very shortly”, says Fredrik Gren, CEO of Ambea.

Penta finally snags Nemos

Central-European investor Penta has taken a 90% stake in Nemos, a chain of three Czech hospitals with annual sales of one billion crowns (€37m), after a long-running negotiation.

US group plans London hospital

Another prestigious US not-for-profit hospital group plans to open in London. That's on top of Cleveland Clinic's opening in Grosvenor Square and German group Schoen, which will open its hospital in 2017. So who is it and how could it enter?

IEO rejects €250m San Donato-Humanitas joint offer

Shareholders of Italian not-for-profit operators the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) and the Monzino cardiology centre have rejected a €250m offer from the country’s largest providers San Donato and Humanitas and are instead in the process of appointing an international advisor to help evaluate its future.

Affidea to launch diagnostics imaging network in Serbia

Pan-European diagnostics imaging provider Affidea has opened a €4m hospital in Belgrade last December and is planning to launch more facilities in other major cities in the next two years. We take a closer look at the company’s plans.

The Philippines: a national survey

The Philippines has tremendous potential. It has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and yet it doesn’t have many large healthcare service providers and it lacks a medical infrastructure sufficient to cope with all its residents’ needs. Healthcare Nova looks at the current market there, government policy, and how the private sector is changing.

Mixed investor sentiment in Turkey before referendum

With political uncertainty and concerns over the value of the Lira, investors in Turkey are facing a tricky decision. Should they stay or should they go? Healthcare Nova catches up with Turkish doctor Omer Karahan, a partner at healthcare consultancy Value Health.

MPIC’s hospital arm to expand in primary care

MPHHI, Filipino conglomerate MPIC’s hospital arm, is to launch a network of primary care centres. The group, whose net income surged 41% to P1.8bn (US$40m) in 2016, also wants to add a minimum of 10 hospitals to its network in the next five years, some of them from scratch – a departure from its usual buy-and-build growth strategy.

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