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MedicallHome expands to Philippines

Medicall Home targets the Mexican lower-middle class with a cheap, $5 monthly fee per family. Subscribers get access to 24/7 telephonic assistance and up to 70% discounts in the company's network of affiliates. We talk to Jorge Woolf, CEO of the Salud Interactiva group, about the business model, the Mexican market and expansion across Latin America, the Philippines and the US.

Pihlajalinna launches more JVs after IPO

Pihlajalinna, the Finnish healthcare and social services outfit, which recently IPOed with a market capitalisation of €255m, has struck a third joint venture with Finnish municipalities to outsource health and social services. Finland is likely to open up even more to the private sector under the current government.

Seven way merger creates Finland’s largest physiotherapy chain

Seven Finnish physiotherapy companies, backed by private equity firm Vaaka Partners, have merged to form Finland’s largest chain of physiotherapy. Pasi Syrjä, director of business development at the new company tells Healthcare Europa about the group’s ambitions.

Report: Brazilian private health care market: promising, but not all roses

Brazil’s healthcare system is fragmented, inefficient and underfunded. Still, this is Latin America’s largest private healthcare market and is consolidating fast. What are the characteristics of the Brazilian healthcare system? Here we look at the structure of the market and segments such as health insurance, acute care and diagnostics.

Medicover looks at Romania

Medicover, the Pan-East European subscription and lab provider, has its eyes on buying one of the two big Romanian healthcare chains, which are now for sale. We also get feedback on its new lab operation in Moscow and assess other bidders.

Gilde raises €100m healthcare services fund

Dutch private equity specialist Gilde Healthcare has closed a new €100m healthcare services fund in just three months. We speak to Jasper van Gorp, managing partner at Gilde, about the fund.

AGEL looking internationally despite shareholder friction

The minority shareholder in AGEL, the big Czech and Slovak hospital group wants to sell or buy the entire group. But AGEL sources say majority owner Tomas Chrenek won't sell and is looking at opportunities internationally.

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