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M&A health care deals slow on debt fears

After a heady 2021, activity in European health care M&A is slowing down. Big ticket auctions have been withdrawn and processes are often run more cautiously as dual track, rather than general auctions. But underlying demand for health care assets is strong, with PE sitting on trillions of recently raised dry powder. Listed groups look cheap. HBI catches up with bankers from across Europe for their take.
October 14, 2022

Germany’s fascinating ventilator market

"In the UK these people would probably get palliative care," says Prof Michael Isfort at the Deutsches Institut für angewandte Pflegeforschung. He is talking about the German ventilation market. An operator reckons there are 25,000 patients on intensive care for respiration, many of whom are on ventilators. That compares to 4,000 patients on ventilators in the UK at the height of Covid. Most German patients are in the outpatient sector and some are in for-profit centres run by private equity-backed businesses. Statutory insurers are trying to cut costs after a new law IPReG (Intensive Care and Rehabilitation Strengthening Act) was passed in October 2021.  Meanwhile, Opseo, one of the three big players may sell this autumn for a price tag of €1bn.
September 7, 2022

Reforms enable Ambea to raise its social care presence in Denmark

Ambea Group, a major quoted Scandinavian care provider, has been actively buying social care companies in Denmark. We look at why Ambea has been buying in a country which has a history of hostility to for-profit health care and now has a leftist, Social Democrat government.
July 21, 2022

Amazon buys primary care network for 6x revenue

Amazon surprised markets by buying the loss-making One Medical US primary care chain for $18 a share, a 43% premium. In 2021 One Medical grew revenue by 64% to $623m, on which it lost $243.5m.
July 21, 2022

Portuguese hospital groups face €191 million fine

The Autorldade da Concorrencia (AdC), the Portuguese Competition Authority, has sanctioned and imposed fines of €191 million on several private hospital groups and the Portuguese Private Hospitals Association (APHP).
July 18, 2022

Rehabilitation

The case for rehabilitation is strong, but not always realised. But is the sector set to grow thanks to an increasing focus on outcomes, wellness and population health? Our panel of experts will assess this fragmented marketplace, shortlist the most attractive business models whether digital, outpatient or inpatient and assess in which countries there is […]
June 22, 2022

Building Digital Health Ecosystems

Digital health ecosystems will be the future of healthcare – are you ready? In essence, as a digital one-stop shop for patients to access healthcare services and manage their own health, it requires a collaborative approach and the formation of new partnership models. In this session we’ll examine what is exactly meant by a ‘digital […]
June 22, 2022

Dentistry

The effects of Covid-19 have had a more lasting impact in dentistry vs other sectors. We’ll ask our panel to outline the next opportunities for growth. How are operators adapting and innovating to drive down costs? How important will B2C business models be in the future? How quickly can more complex proceedures be sold to […]
June 22, 2022

Primary Care PLUS

The huge primary care sector in Europe holds the key to outpatient consolidation.  Here we look at how operators are pairing it with digital and telehealth, pharmacies and imaging. And at how they are reimagining its delivery and business models. Amon van den Borg, CEO, AEZ Group Bart Malenstein, CEO, Quin Murray Ellender, CEO and […]
June 22, 2022

Mental Health

Covid has created huge extra demand for mental health services. How far can this be met by digital therapeutics and how can operators consolidate this fragmented sector?  And how far are more acute psychiatric needs being addressed in the for-profit sector? Speakers include: Kate Newhouse, COO & Executive Director, Kooth Alexis Grand, Deputy CEO, Inicea […]
June 22, 2022
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