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TPG Growth buys Indian maternity chain Rhea Healthcare for $33m

TPG’s investment platform TPG Growth has bought a majority stake in Bangalore-based maternity chain Rhea Healthcare for $33m (Rs 220 crore), which wants to expand across India. The mother-and-child care sector is one of many growing outpatient specialties in the country.
July 27, 2016

China Resources to buy GenesisCare

Macquarie-backed, state-owned conglomerate China Resources (CR) is waiting for Australian regulatory approval to buy private equity house KKR's 45% stake in oncology group GenesisCare. CR wants to continue expanding Genesis in Western Europe and to tap the Chinese market with new hospital management contracts. The deal values the company at US$1.3bn.
July 26, 2016

Georgia to row back on UHC programme

Means testing may be reintroduced to Georgia, replacing its three-year-old universal health coverage system, as the government seeks efficiencies. The middle-income country now spends over 7% of GDP on health according to the World Bank. Boosts to primary care are also driving large operators like Georgia Healthcare Group (GHG) into the ambulatory market.
July 15, 2016

Finnish reforms to benefit private sector

Reforms that will give patients freedom of choice over their treatment offers significant opportunities for the private sector in Finland, says Petri Heikkilä, senior manager at the consultancy Nordic Healthcare Group. The bill will be voted on in November, but Heikkilä claims investors are already showing more interest in the market.
July 14, 2016

Universal health coverage and private health care: Friends or foes?

Universal Health Coverage is now explicitly targeted by the third sustainable development goal set out by the United Nations. Increasingly, governments around the world want to offer it to their citizenry. Where the capacity will come from is less certain. In this report, Healthcare Nova asks experts at the forefront of UHC schemes from India to Mexico, where UHC is today and what role the private sector should play in extending healthcare access to the poor?
July 13, 2016

Puzzles in Aster DM’s red herring prospectus

Middle East and Indian hospitals to pharmacy chain Aster DM’s red herring IPO prospectus begs as many questions as it answers. Why is EBITDA so low? Will its founder escape criminal charges? Why does it not include full financial year data? So how can it be worth 16,000 crores (an eye watering $2.4bn), that is more than Narayana and Fortis put together?
July 6, 2016

UK healthcare faces up to Brexit

The UK has voted to leave the EU unleashing economic and political turmoil that has taken the legs out from under Sterling, ignited press hysteria and will likely see the leaders of both major parties replaced. As always, the NHS was front and centre during the campaign. But concerns for healthcare more broadly, including the private sector, are numerous. We talk to investors, operators and advisors.
July 1, 2016

Finland sees big fee hikes in outpatient specialties

Fees for private doctors in Finland rose up to 28% between 2010 and 2015 – three times higher than the 9% inflation rate. We speak to Ulla Tuominen, senior researcher at Kela (Finland’s social security) and Juha Tuominen medical director at Finland’s largest private operator Terveystalo.
July 1, 2016

Circle to partner in China and Europe

UK hospital management group Circle is set to partner with a European player to offer a rehabilitation solution in the UK. We name the likely partner. Circle has also announced a joint venture with what it claims is the fourth largest hospital chain in China.
July 1, 2016

Ambea set to IPO

Investment analysts expect Swedish care group Ambea to file for an IPO soon. Banks and advisers have already approached it to kick off the process.
June 22, 2016
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