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Life Healthcare on a $1bn European hunt

Life Healthcare wants to spend up to US$1bn in a European country, where English is the business language, and is open to occupational healthcare, dialysis, mental health, oncology and more.

FREE BLOG Two business models that do work – after all!

A few years ago we scratched our heads and dismissed two very different business ideas as “no-goers” – teleradiology and formalising “Ladies from the East.” How wrong we were. For many years teleradiology really didn’t look like a flyer. Public sector hospitals  didn’t want to outsource image interpretation to the private sector. And (very well […]

FREE BLOG Two business models we didn’t think would fly

A few years ago we scratched our heads and dismissed two very different business ideas as “no-goers” – teleradiology and formalising “Ladies from the East.” How wrong we were. For many years teleradiology really didn’t look like a flyer. Public sector hospitals  didn’t want to outsource image interpretation to the private sector. And (very well […]

Medicover plans IPO to raise SEK2bn for expansion

Medicover, the Pan-East European corporate healthcare provider and lab group, plans to IPO to expand internationally, raising SEK2bn for expansion of its core business into Emerging Markets.

Korian and Orpea on track to meet full-year sales targets

Paris-listed care groups Korian and Orpea, the two largest in Europe, released solid half-year results this week. The former reiterated its €3bn full-year sales target for 2016, whilst the latter revised it upwards by €90m to €2.81bn.

Affidea boss denies rumours

Affidea CEO Dimitris Moulavasilis has categorically denied rumours that Waypoint Capital might be willing to sell the Pan East and South European imaging service provider. There was speculation that such a sale would have left the way open for a large private equity house to buy both Affidea and Alliance Medical, where M&G is looking for a sale, and merge them to create a truly Pan-European operator. Instead, Moulavasilis expressed interest in further acquisitions to grow the company.

Optegra looks at expansion opportunities in the UK and Europe

Six months after opening a new hospital on Harley street, UK-based ophthalmology chain Optegra is considering new expansions across several UK sites. Roberto Cirillo, CEO of Optegra, says the group is keen to see more NHS contracts. Optegra is also actively looking at opportunities in Europe.

Interview: Eduard Maták, partner at Penta Investments

Statist governments were recently elected in both Poland and Slovakia, completing the picture of market scepticism in Visegrad. Predictably, the future of the private healthcare sector is under question. That’s bad news for the Central European investment group, Penta, which favours healthcare services and insurance. Healthcare Europa discussed the changing political landscape and Penta’s future plans with partner, Eduard Maták.

Svet Zdravia bets on more privatisations in Czechia

Although the current Czech government is not keen on hospital privatisations, Penta-owned Slovak chain Svet Zdravia, with €160m revenues and 14 hospitals, expects the mood to change after the 2016 elections. But Central Europe remains marked by strong government interference and the misuse of public funds.

PiS lays out plans for Polish healthcare

The newly minted Law & Justice (PiS) administration is wasting no time stripping markets out of Polish healthcare. A bill that would limit the private ownership of public hospitals and ban dividends alongside proposals for free primary care are well on their way. Replacing the national insurer (NFZ) with a Beveridge system and a network of preferred service providers should follow. The era of commercialising state hospitals is over. Private operators will struggle to access public funds, but there is no resolve for the underfunded public system, suggesting more and more Poles will go private.

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