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Aster DM may reduce IPO valuation

GCC-based hospital operator Aster DM may be looking to refile for an IPO in the next couple of weeks, but at a lower valuation.

Apollo reaches $1bn revenue despite demonetisation, stent caps and a “VIP admission”

Apollo, India’s second largest healthcare services chain, has surpassed $1bn revenue for the financial year ending March 31 - but its results were hit by demonetisation, a cylone, stent caps, and what it called a "VIP admission". Healthcare Nova spoke to Ms Suneeta Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals, during the company's investor teleconference on May 31.

How to make money in the Czech outpatient market

Czech outpatient specialist EUC Group (formerly Euroclinicum) is consolidating the outpatient market, and has just released preliminary results for 2016 and announced another acquisition. Healthcare Nova catches up with Jan Hůlek, one of the directors, to talk about the group’s business strategy and how to make money and grow in the outpatient market.

The Philippines: a national survey

The Philippines has tremendous potential. It has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and yet it doesn’t have many large healthcare service providers and it lacks a medical infrastructure sufficient to cope with all its residents’ needs. Healthcare Nova looks at the current market there, government policy, and how the private sector is changing.

Interview: Manasije Mishra, CEO Aetna India, MD of Indian Health Organisation

Manasije Mishra is the CEO of Aetna India, and managing director of Indian Health Organisation (IHO). IHO runs a membership scheme which, for a modest fee, gives its half-a-million members access to everything from free consultations with a doctor to access to discounted outpatient and lab services, and telemedicine. We talk to him about his business model, his members, and his plans for expansion.

IFC and EBRD backs diversifying Georgian pharmacy

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a division of the World Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), are loaning Aversi-Pharma, one of the country’s largest pharmacy chains, money to build two new health centres.

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