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Foundation Holdings buys Saudi primary care

GCC investment firm Foundation Holdings has bought a majority stake in Saudi primary care business Shifa Al Munthaza Polyclinic (SMP) and has plans to list it in the next two years. HBI speaks to CEO Abishek Sharma to find out about its growth plans. 

Dutch telehealth company retreats from physical primary care

Quin, a Dutch telehealth company founded by Bergman's former CEO, is selling the GP practices that started as an experiment in digi-physical care. Reports put the retreat down to staffing shortages and capacity management issues. 

Shift to outpatient in Germany may not increase for-profit opportunities

The shift from inpatient to outpatient care during the pandemic has been particularly visible in Germany, and it is widely accepted will continue post Covid. HBI catches up with two German healthcare experts to understand what this shift means for the market, and why an otherwise tempting outpatient investment proposition is less palatable than it would be elsewhere in Europe.

Interview: Maris Revalds, Chairman, Health Center 4

Anyone paying attention to the Baltic healthcare market - and at just six million people you'd be forgiven for not - will have noticed an aggressive consolidation of the sector by pharmacy chain & wholesaler, Repharm; something rarely seen elsewhere. Health Center 4 (Veselības centrs 4) is the second-largest to it in Latvia and chairman Revalds speaks on his competitor's moves while also giving us an overview of his business and the local market.

EMEA’s Top 100 largest groups by revenue revealed

HBI’s inaugural HBI Health Care Services Top 100 lists the largest 100 companies by EMEA health care services revenue. In total revenue their revenue came to over €105bn - and we've uncovered some surprising winners and losers. 

Huge PPPs pile up for waiting lists

HBI unpicks where the private sector is winning contracts to help manage sky-high backlogs. Nearly £30bn is up for grabs in elective care, oncology and diagnostics. 

Centric plans to continue expansion despite losses

Centric Health, the largest provider of primary care by revenue to Ireland’s 2.3 million privately insured patients, is planning to expand both domestically and abroad. Despite making a loss two years in a row, CEO Maurice Cox tells HBI the company is in good financial shape, and has been spending to grow.

EMC plans Moscow IPO

Russia's second-largest healthcare operator by revenue, European Medical Center (EMC), has announced an intention to float in Moscow but will not be raising any proceeds from the process.

Interview: Ray Berglund and Dominic Orchard, Alvarez and Marsal

The pandemic is causing many businesses and their investors to reassess their plans - and their portfolios. HBI speaks to Ray Berglund, Head of European Healthcare and Life Sciences at management consultants Alvarez & Marsal, and his colleague and Managing Director Dominic Orchard, about why they have never been busier, and the clear trend they are seeing towards carve-outs.

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