In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.
Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.
BetterUp, the mental fitness platform that employs Prince Harry as its chief impact officer, has become the largest mental health and coaching startup in the world, with its valuation reaching $4.7bn after raising $300m in series E. President Omar Dawood explains to HBI the drivers behind its success.
Terveystalo, the largest healthcare group in Finland by revenue, has acquired Siverpersoona Oy which offers speech therapy and speech impairment services. In 2020 Sivupersoona’s revenue was approximately €3.5m.
Anyone paying attention to the Baltic healthcare market - and at just six million people you'd be forgiven for not - will have noticed an aggressive consolidation of the sector by pharmacy chain & wholesaler, Repharm; something rarely seen elsewhere. Health Center 4 (Veselības centrs 4) is the second-largest to it in Latvia and chairman Revalds speaks on his competitor's moves while also giving us an overview of his business and the local market.
The UK government is launching a new data strategy that aims to digitise, connect and transform the health and care sector, recognising the power of data being used to save lives during the pandemic
Terveystalo has moved outside Finland for the first time by acquiring one of Sweden's largest occupational healthcare groups, Feelgood. It is the second of Finland's big three operators to internationalise.
Dutch private equity firm Holland Capital is set to purchase 50% of the shares of youth clinic and treatment centre Yes We Can. The current shareholders will remain in place.
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