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Perella Weinberg sounds out buyers for $1bn+ NMC Health

Sell-side advisors Perella Weinberg are reportedly circulating teasers for in-administration international operator NMC Health's core GCC business with a view to a potential sale in April. We look at the potential for the potential new owners to consolidate the UAE hospital market.

Guiding surgery – from the other side of the world

Proximie is a UK-based start-up whose solutions allow medical staff to watch, learn from, and even guide, operations happening at the other side of the word. CEO Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram tells HBI that it's now deployed in over 300 hospitals and is soon to embark on a Series B.

European mid-market deals return but top end still quiet

Middle-market M&A is picking up again across healthcare sub-sectors in Europe, but investors are still reluctant to take the leap on larger assets. We round up where deals are - and aren't happening, and why. There is close to €1.2bn revenue up for grabs in the dentistry sector, nearly €1bn in the psychiatry sector, and around €750m in other outpatient services like ophthalmology and IVF.

Interview: Klaus Boehncke, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting 

What can you do with AI and big data today and what will be possible within three years? Why has adoption been slower than you might have expected? And what sort of role should health care providers look to play? HBI gets an expert view from digital, technology and business strategy expert Klaus Boehncke, partner at L.E.K. Consulting, who is chairing the Best Practice Workshop: Delivering Digital Excellence: A Framework for Success at HBI 2020 in two weeks.

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.

Sub-Saharan Africa invests and insources during pandemic

The direct health impact of COVID-19 on sub-Saharan Africa has so far been significantly less than expected. But economic activity has fallen sharply and a vaccine impact is not expected until late next year. Panellists from Anadach, the IFC, Columbia Africa, AfyA Care and Nyaho Medical Centre talk about consolidation, supply chains and teledensity.

Nordics: Finding positives in a difficult year

HBI 365's State of the Regions: Nordics panel found a lot of positives had come out of a difficult year. But better relationships with payors and public providers, and a vastly increased understanding and recognition of the benefits of digital clinics were tempered with the knowledge that, as the pandemic recedes, the new normal is likely to see some of these advances pull back - albeit not to pre COVID levels.

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