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Double radiotherapy deals in Romania and Germany

Romania's largest healthcare provider Medlife says it has Balkan ambitions while acquiring half of regional oncology provider Neolife. The emergence of pan-EU players continues after the infrastructure investor that earlier bought Medipass, has bought a 14+ clinic network in Germany. 

HBI 2021: Bright future for subscription model in Central and Eastern Europe

As Central and Eastern Europe gets richer, demand for healthcare services is growing faster than government spending, so there is a large opportunity for the private sector to fill the gap with private-pay. There is a lot of hope around the growth in popularity of the subscription model, which many employers seem to have a preference for over traditional health insurance. 

HBI 2021: Don’t cede your brand in internationalisation

Some revered global brands have become unstuck in their internationalisation by ceding control of a brand without any quality assurance. Panellists at HBI 2021 discussed how to manage that process more effectively. 

EU countries to pump €50bn into health and social reform recovery plans

EU countries have already earmarked over €47bn euros to spend on health care from the €672bn Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the continent's centrepiece of COVID-19 recovery. Digital innovation, primary care and long-term care are clear spending priorities across the board. We should know the full allocations next week.

CEE – a land of opportunity?

With 125 million people - 80 million of whom live in the big four (Poland, Romania, Czechia and Hungary) - CEE is a large and diverse market. But is it a tempting one? HBI-365 members heard an expert panel in our CEE State of the Regions broadcast suggest that while COVID is creating huge problems across the world, it is also creating opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.

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