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Online elderly care platform launches in UK

Crowdsourcing sites which put carers and medical professionals in touch with patients or the elderly are beginning to develop. The latest Great Minders puts the elderly in touch with carers and companions, has just been launched in the UK. Other examples include Babylon and various teleradiology outfits. Georgie Jones, co-founder of Great Minders, explains that there is a growing demand for home-based elderly care services.
February 5, 2015

Orpea acquires French and Austrian operators

Two acquisitions have seen Orpea, Europe’s second largest residential care group, expand its homecare services and move into Austria and the Czech Reublic. It has bought ADHAP, the French domiciliary post-acute care specialist ADHAP and Austrian operator SeneCura. We spoke to Jean-Claude Marian, chairman at Orpea, about what’s next for the group.
January 22, 2015

Interview: Bart Diels, Managing Partner, Head of Health & Care, Gimv

Listed investment company Gimv (Euronext: GIMB) is unusual in that it covers every aspect of health – biopharma, medtech and healthcare services – with a focus on mid-caps and a Pan-European approach. It is willing to invest as little as a few million euros up to € 50m and can hold a stake for up to 10-12 years. Active in biopharma since the early eighties, it has also made several investments in healthcare services and medical technologies. So how does Mr. Diels who has worked in VC and private equity for 20 years, view healthcare services as an investment perspective?
January 7, 2015

Technology pushes forward homecare in Spain

Spain’s homecare market is trying to improve service delivery through the integration of technology. We spoke to Pilar Alfonso, healthcare projects director at Ribera Salud, the hospital operator that pioneered the Alzira model in Spain, about the future of homecare.
December 16, 2014

Air Liquide and Le Noble Age expand homecare activities

Air Liquide and Le Noble Age have acquired parts of ARAIR Group from an administration, in a move confirming the attractiveness of the homecare sector in France, according to Cédric Moreau, healthcare investments director at stockbroker Bryan Garnier.
December 16, 2014

Adelis snaps up Med Group

Swedish private equity house Adelis Equity Partners has bought a majority stake in Finnish healthcare services outfit Med Group, which does everything from ambulance services to dentistry and from ophthalmology to homecare. The deal is its first foray into healthcare services. Per Batelson, the former CEO of Capio, who is speaking at Healthcare Europa 2015, is to invest in the company and join the board.
November 21, 2014

Swedish private sector could face restrictive rules as early as 2015

The new minority Social Democrat government has published a radical manifesto, which could eradicate the for-profit sector from the Swedish healthcare, care and education landscape. A commission will report back by March 2016. We look at the manifesto and analyse the likely impact immediately and, also, in 2-3 years time. Prof Anders Anell at Lund University reckons for-profit could face new restrictions in early 2015.
October 14, 2014
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