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Swedish private sector could face restrictive rules as early as 2015

The new minority Social Democrat government has published a radical manifesto, which could eradicate the for-profit sector from the Swedish healthcare, care and education landscape. A commission will report back by March 2016. We look at the manifesto and analyse the likely impact immediately and, also, in 2-3 years time. Prof Anders Anell at Lund University reckons for-profit could face new restrictions in early 2015.

Euromedic achieves stable ownership

Euromedic, Europe’s largest imaging service provider, has seen Ares Life Sciences, ultimately owned by Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, buy out its fellow Euromedic shareholder, Montagu Investments. The deal means that Euromedic will not have to go through a trade sale or an IPO.

Interview: Anna Rulkiewicz, President of the Management Board at LUX MED

LUX MED, recently bought by Bupa, the international healthcare group, is the largest Polish private healthcare operator with five small hospitals, 161 owned outpatient facilities and about 1,600 subcontracted centres located across Poland. The company had sales of €208m in 2013 and is in the middle of an ambitious expansion plan with the aim of making the group the largest private national inpatient chain. We talk to Anna Rulkiewicz, CEO at LUX MED, about the Polish market and LUX MED’s recent and future acquisitions. With a background in sales and marketing Credit Suisse, Zurich and Commercial Union she joined LUX MED in 2002 as sales and marketing director.

Medsi oligarch arrested

Russian investigators have placed Vladimir Yevtushenkov, chairman of Sistema, the conglomerate which owns Medsi, the largest healthcare operator in Russia, under house arrest on charges of money-laundering. Reuters says that the charges against Sistema's Vladimir Yevtushenkov were made in connection with the acquisition of shares in oil producer Bashneft.

Enel-Med sells seven diagnostics centres to Bupa for €14m

Enel-Med, the third largest private healthcare chain in Poland has sold subsidiary Centrum Medyczne Diagnostyka Sp., made up of seven diagnosis centres, to Lux-Med, the largest Polish private chain recently bought by Bupa. We talk to Adam Rozwadowski, President of the Management Board of Enel-Med about what he will do with the money. Enel-Med wants […]

Interview: Emmett Moriarty, Consultant

The amount Russians spend privately on healthcare services has doubled in five years and EBITDA margins can reach 40-50% for operators, yet the market remains deeply fragmented with many fairly unsophisticated operators and no national chains. Emmett, a former VP at Medsi, the biggest Russian healthcare group, has a decade’s experience of investing in healthcare services in Russia and Eastern Europe and now works both for investors and for operators. The former sector leader for health at IFC, the commercial bank arm of the World Bank (and world’s largest investor in emerging markets healthcare), Emmett was previously head of KPMG’s Healthcare Performance Improvement division.

Report: Healthcare property – Massive investor demand, limited supply

Two years ago, our European healthcare property survey found the sector in the doldrums with new funds failing to get off the ground, what is the situation now?  Lorena Ruibal reports. Today, we see a spate of new European and US entrants striving to meet strong institutional demand for an asset class, which is increasingly […]

Bupa acquisitions on track, CEO tells Healthcare Europa

Bupa’s £1.6bn, 18 month-long M&A orgy is paying off, says CEO Stuart Fletcher. Announcing first half 2014 results for the international insurer and healthcare provider, he claimed: “Acquisitions are inline with our expectations.” But the UK remains tricky. Bupa is pruning its UK care home network and the amount of PMI bought by individuals continues to fall.

Poor outlook for private healthcare sector in Sweden

Sweden’s extensive private healthcare sector faces months of uncertainty. The left is almost certain to win the Swedish general election on 16 September 2014. The only question is whether we will end up with a minority, moderate Social Democrat government or a Red/Green Alliance backed by the Marxist Feminist Initiative and the Left. What does this mean for the sector?

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