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Elderly Care: How big is the opportunity?

How large is the real opportunity and what will elderly care look like in the future? Issues include:   – How far can nursing home groups build models which extend into homecare and assisted living?  – What is really happening with demand? Will there be a tsunami?   – Are there are substantial opportunities in the step-down […]

Guiding surgery – from the other side of the world

Proximie is a UK-based start-up whose solutions allow medical staff to watch, learn from, and even guide, operations happening at the other side of the word. CEO Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram tells HBI that it's now deployed in over 300 hospitals and is soon to embark on a Series B.

European mid-market deals return but top end still quiet

Middle-market M&A is picking up again across healthcare sub-sectors in Europe, but investors are still reluctant to take the leap on larger assets. We round up where deals are - and aren't happening, and why. There is close to €1.2bn revenue up for grabs in the dentistry sector, nearly €1bn in the psychiatry sector, and around €750m in other outpatient services like ophthalmology and IVF.

Life sells Scanmed after second impairment of 2020

South African hospital group Life Healthcare has sold its Polish subsidiary Scanmed to CEE private equity investor Abris for PLN 340m ($91m) but has had to impair the asset by nearly half as the offer came in below the book value.

DACH operators should feel positive about 2021

Despite one of the panellists at HBI's DACH-State of the Regions broadcast last week labelling 2020 "the wildest year in recent history in the healthcare sector", there are lots of reasons to feel positive about Europe's German-speaking countries as we look towards the new year.

State of the regions: South Asia

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are fast-growing markets. India, in particular, continues to see meteoric growth as new outpatient models are rolled out. We look how far the promise of universal healthcare can be fulfilled and what this, plus the growth of private medical insurance, might mean for the sector. Which innovators are more likely to […]

State of the regions: South East Asia

Major groups are forming in all the big economies, buoyed by a relentless rise in living standards and a general willingness of governments to engage with the for-profit sector. SE Asia is also home to some of the fastest-growing outpatient and lab groups in the world. Across the region, operators are early adopters of new […]

State of the Regions: LatAm

This vast market has shown considerable growth with integrated payor/provider models being consolidated by UnitedHealth and others. Elsewhere in Mexico and Brazil, innovative outpatient models are scaling up and, in some cases, are becoming pan-LatAm players. But often the sector has to fight hard against the entrenched union and professional interests which have led to […]

State of the regions: Russia and Former CIS

The Russian state remains supportive of the for-profit health care sector which continues to grow fast. Elsewhere the sector is also growing fast across the Ukraine and in many of the ‘Stans. So what are the business models that work best? What are the prospects for fast-growth outpatient models that incorporate diagnostics and primary care? […]

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