A UK-based "virtual fertility clinic" is raising money and boldly claiming it wants to become a leading European fertility player. HBI speaks to an operator source to find out whether virtual clinics are here to stay, or a passing trend?
Facing an increasingly volatile market, American buyout / investment firm KKR may switch to direct lenders to finance its acquisition of fertility company IVI RMA Global, despite agreeing €800m of underwritten financing from four investment banks.
The Chinese owner of social media giant Tik Tok, ByteDance, has bought a hospital chain in China which specialises in women and children’s care, for $1.5bn.
Resilient, recession-proof fertility has a strong future ahead, but will face some challenges in the coming months according to an HBI 2022 panel. Demand is strong, patients came back quickly when clinics - and borders - reopened, and the threat of recession is not causing anyone to lose sleep.
There is a risk, when looking at healthcare markets in MENA, of lumping all the countries together as one - but each market has very specific requirements, and very specific characteristics. A panel at HBI 2022 chaired by Hamid Yunis, partner at global law firm McDermott Will & Emery, investigated challenges and opportunities in the region - and how rapidly the markets are changing and why overseas players now need to work harder to impress.
Profound pessimism about NHS plans for integrated health and with NHS systems in the UK and Canada was on display from academics at the European Health Policymakers Group which celebrated its 21st year in an afternoon looking at what the group had learnt studying Beveridge (NHS) and Bismarckian (statutory insurer) models.
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 […]
Has AI delivered for healthcare – yet? In this session we’ll explore what we know about AI today and how we can best shape our thinking about AI as a tool in the transformation toolkit. Through case studies we’ll look at scenarios where AI is delivering impact, providing a deep-dive into the practicalities of implementation. […]
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