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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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Affidea boss denies rumours

Affidea CEO Dimitris Moulavasilis has categorically denied rumours that Waypoint Capital might be willing to sell the Pan East and South European imaging service provider. There was speculation that such a sale would have left the way open for a large private equity house to buy both Affidea and Alliance Medical, where M&G is looking for a sale, and merge them to create a truly Pan-European operator. Instead, Moulavasilis expressed interest in further acquisitions to grow the company.

Mobile health clinic for US$22,000

Clinic In A Can offers fully resourced, sterile and climate controlled medical clinics, with their own sources of water and power that can be shipped to any location in the world within days. They offer a radical solution to the widespread scarcity of basic healthcare infrastructure and equipment and a powerful tool for disaster relief, says Dr Michael Joseph Wawrzewski III, CEO and cofounder. Its shipping container clinics are now in 12 countries. He gave Healthcare Nova a tour.

Who’d buy Alliance Medical?

Alliance Medical, one of Europe’s two big imaging service groups, has appointed Rothschild to consider strategic options, according to Sky News. So who would want to buy it? Big medtech?

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