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Circle partners with GE Healthcare

Circle Health, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, has partnered with global medtech company GE Healthcare, in a 10-year deal that will see GE provide equipment, software and consulting services. GE Healthcare’s general manager of EMEA solutions, John Deverill, explains why such deals are becoming increasingly common.
February 25, 2022

Fresenius break up debate goes public

Giant health care conglomerate Fresenius SE has publicly floated the possibility of bringing minority equity shareholders in at the level of divisions such as Vamed or Helios in its 2021 results announcement. It has even suggested it could sell its controlling stake in dialysis arm Fresenius Medical Care. But at least one investment bank is publicly stating this doesn't go far enough.
February 25, 2022

Pihlajalinna shares fall on results

Finnish outsourcing specialist Pihlajalinna posted some reasonable looking financials, on the face of it, for the full year to January 31, 2021 on Friday last week - so why have its shares dropped around 11% at the time of writing?
February 23, 2022

Finnish SOTE reform ‘could create more outsourcing opportunities’

In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
February 17, 2022

Covid and Sweden boost Terveystalo

Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.
February 17, 2022

New homecare to hospital platform launches in France

A major French operator, the Doctegestio group, has launched a new platform called Avec which combines everything from dentistry and primary care to hospital and nursing homes. We talk to Bernard Bensaid, the entrepreneur behind Avec.
February 17, 2022

Interview: Jürgen Laartz, founder, and Alexandra Cosma, COO, EDU Malta

A five and a half year education (Batchelor + Masters) as a doctor for just €100,000? That is what is on offer from EDU Malta, a for-profit educational institute with statutes which commit it to working for the public good. It is working closely with Fresenius Helios and other German hospitals and is looking for hospital partners in other countries.  So how does it work, what are EDU’s plans and what role could this play in dealing with the massive world shortage of doctors?
February 3, 2022

ADQ/Alpha Dhabi merger is ‘backdoor nationalisation’ of Abu Dhabi healthcare

A well-placed source tells us the merger between major UAE healthcare groups Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the National Health Insurance Company (Daman) and Alpha Dhabi’s Pure Health, effectively amounts to a ‘backdoor nationalisation’ of the healthcare system in Abu Dhabi, and that it will now be difficult for any newcomers to enter the market. 
January 20, 2022

$3bn Amil for sale in Brazil

UnitedHealthcare owned Amil is for sale in Brazil. Reports in Brazil say the $3bn plus valued insurance and hospital businesses run by Amil are likely to be split and sold to at least two separate buyers. HBI speaks to a Brazilian source to find out more.
January 20, 2022
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