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Interview: Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO, Affidea

Euromedic, the imaging and oncology group has rebranded as Affidea, in a move which suggests that it is set to move beyond Europe. We talk to Moulavasilis about the group’s plans.

Euromedic to rebrand – interview to follow

Euromedic, the largest European imaging service provider and which is also active in labs and radiotherapy, is to rebrand as Affidea. We will carry an interview on the move with CEO Dimitris Moulavasilis tomorrow.

Curagita finally gets a hospital

In the arcane world of German healthcare services, buying a tiny 11 bed hospital can be the source of great joy. With a hospital you can expand freely in the German outpatient sector. Without one you are cribbed and confined. No wonder Deutschen Radiologienetz (DR), an ambitious imaging company that wants to build a national network, is celebrating.

Interview: Franceso Longo, director, CERGAS

Professor Longo is a long-term analyst of the Italian NHS and the private sector. Here he predicts a boom for the private sector in all forms of post-acute care, explains why he expects private medical insurance to grow steeply and looks at how the private sector is acquiring not-for-profit operators.

Interview: Neeraj Garg, CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle

How is Apollo expanding its outpatient presence and building businesses in diabetes, maternity and diagnostics? We talk to Neeraj Garg, CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd (AHLL) about his chain of 90 clinics and about AHLL’s acquisition of Nova Speciality Hospitals, a chain of ten ambulatory surgery clinics. How will AHLL expand in India, the Middle East and Africa?

Merger creates new Finnish giant

Finnish dentistry-to-elderly care player Mediverkko and acute care-to-elderly care group Mehilainen are to merge to create a group with sales of €400m in 2014. We talk to the new CEO Mediverkko’s Janne Jarvenpaa.

Vedici enters Normandy

Vedici, the French private hospital group where private equity house CVC has a 60% stake, is buying the Polyclinic de la Manche at Saint-Lô and the Clinique du Parc at Caen. The properties are being bought by a French REIT. We hear there was serious competition.

Lab and imaging projects prove tough

The massive long-term lab and imaging service contracts associated with the big Turkish hospital PFIs are proving a headache for providers to price.

Interview: Vuk Vukovic, Partner, Blue Sea Capital

MediGroup is Serbia’s largest private healthcare provider. As well as a private hospital with 60 beds, it has a chain of outpatient clinics and recently bought the largest ophthalmology practice in the country. We talk to Vuk Vukovic at investor Blue Sea Capital about Medigroup’s business model and the Serbian market.

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