We hear from conversations at HBI 2018 that a French medical laboratory group is about to announce a large acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa, having just agreed a massive deal on home turf.
Genetic sequencing has never been more affordable, nor more accessible. But the wealth of information now stored, which is doubling annually, poses problems which the medical profession may not yet be able to solve. Healthcare Europa speaks to Daniel Hefel, vice president business development at diagnostic specialist Medicover, to find out more.
Here, Hugh is the child in the fairy story who points to royal nudity. He goes through precisely what is wrong with the diagnostic lab sector internationally from perverse incentives to massive wastage and the failure to prescribe the right tests. What business models would sort this out?
Healthscope runs labs across Australia and New Zealand as well as across Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore. Anoop who is also a non-exec director of Dr Lal, the big Indian lab group, contrasts business models.
Europe's largest lab group, SYNLAB, has expanded into a dozen markets from Mexico to Ukraine and Ghana to Slovakia. Why and what opportunities does it see? Stuart looks at the group's strategy and at how it adds value through innovation.
IVF operators at HBI 2018 told delegates that part of growing an international IVF business could be investing in a sizeable genetics lab to serve a wide network.
We hear from conversations at HBI 2018 that a French medical laboratory group is about to announce a large acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa, having also just agreed a massive deal on home turf.
Could pan-European lab player Unilabs be looking to consolidate the Dutch diagnostic market? It recently completed the purchase of Medlon, a laboratory with a workforce of around 450 employees. We speak to an advisor who thinks this might just lead to further consolidation of an unusual market.
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