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Ada opens up markets with new languages

German telehealth company Ada claims that introducing new languages on its AI-powered "symptom checker" app will eventually open the market up to an additional 102 million people.

Quest Diagnostics changes strategy in emerging markets

Last week Healthcare Nova reported that US-based lab company Quest Diagnostics had sold its Indian medical diagnostics arm to Strand Life Sciences. We also reported that Quest has set up an international alliance of lab companies based in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Hong Kong and Australia. Are the two moves connected? We speak to Quest's MD of global markets, Mark Machulcz to find out more about the group's change of strategy.

Cerba buys again in France

European lab group Cerba has continued to hoover up French labs, acquiring smaller rival Accolab from private equity firm LFPI Gestion. We name the price. 

Medicover buys new lab in Ukraine

Medicover's lab arm Synevo has acquired the Ukrainian diagnostics operations of Russian lab group Invitro for €6m, further sealing its dominant position.

A way to triple telehealth take-up

A member of the senior management team at an international health insurance provider tells Healthcare Nova that an experiment with premiums has tripled the take-up of telehealth in one of their markets.

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