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Swedish PE EQT to sell Australian diagnostic network to Permira

Shareholders in Australia’s largest diagnostic clinic network, I-MED Radiology Network, have agreed terms of sale with global investment firm Permira. Reports at the end of last year said EQT valued I-MED at substantially over A$1bn (US$ 810m) – perhaps as high as A$1.3bn, the figure Permira are reportedly now paying. I-MED had A$608m in sales […]

New Affidea CEO has global ambitions

Dimitris Moulavasilis, the CEO of Affidea, the Pan-East and South European imaging, outpatient and radiotherapy group, quit on January 24. On January 25 his replacement, Giuseppe Recchi, was announced. So what is up?

Interview: Charles Wang, Group CEO, Luye Medical Group

Formed as recently as 2015, Singapore-based Luye Medical Group has become one of the major contenders in health care services across China, Australia and SE Asia. It is part of the Luye Life Sciences Group which owns Luye Pharma Group, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in China and separately listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Luye Medical Group acquired Healthe Care, the third largest Australian for-profit hospital operators in 2016. It has since expanded its business rapidly adding healthcare operations such as oncology (Singapore), inpatient, outpatient and community based health care services (Australia) and rehabilitation and maternity hospitals (China). The aim, says Wang, is mainly to provide a value-based healthcare experience to meet the needs of the middle class and patients with private insurance coverage across SE Asia, Australia and China. Here we talk to him about Luye Medical Group’s plans and how it views the Chinese market. Wang is a speaker at HBI 2018, the global health care service event in London from April 10 to 11.

Integrated care and value health set to soar in Europe

European politicians increasingly get the value of care which integrates social and acute or the holistic treatment of chronic diseases. They also want value healthcare models which reward operators for quality. Pilots are becoming larger and, in some cases, have been rolled out as long-term projects covering millions of people. There are plenty of opportunities for nimble private sector players. We look at what is happening across Europe.

New medical services for Africa

An African temporary medical staff agency, international telepathology for diagnosing cancer and a cloud-based HR service are among the new projects from Corvus Health, the new for-profit business launched by Dr Kate Tulenko, an American with 15 years experience in health care services in emerging markets. She is a speaker at HBI 2018, April 10-11, 2018 in London. We explore the projects.

Wimmer quits as Synlab CEO

Dr Bartl Wimmer, CEO and co-founder of Synlab, Europe’s largest lab group by revenue, is stepping down in a move that has surprised some observers given his continuing significant shareholding.

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