A cyberattack on the Agape Connecting People network, a vendor that helps Singapore-based healthcare major Fullerton Health to manage patient appointments and bookings, has resulted in a data leak of Fullerton's patients’ personal information.
US-based homecare tech specialist Honor Technology has acquired Home Instead, the global leader of franchise homecare services. The deal creates a global homecare group worth more than $2.1 billion in homecare revenue. HBI chats with sources including Home Instead's UK CEO to find out what the deal means for markets outside of the United States.
Loo Choon Yong, executive chairman of Asia-based healthcare provider Raffles Medical Group, has become a billionaire after his company joined the effort to fight Covid-19 sending its profits and share price soaring.
Sovereign wealth funds are making some big entrances and exits in the Asia-Pacific with bids closing in QIC-owned oncology player Icon Group and Singapore's GIC acquiring a minority stake in Sunway hospital group Sunway Healthcare.
Private equity firms Coalition Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus are reportedly short-listed to acquire South East Asian healthcare services provider Fullerton Healthcare Group for $1 billion.
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui is considering a buyout and de-listing of IHH Healthcare, the $13.4bn-valued pan-Asian hospital operator in which it holds a 32% stake, according to reports. Its share price has declined in the last five years amidst perennial problems in Turkey and India.
TPG Capital-backed TE Asia Healthcare Partners is looking to invest $90m over the next 18 months, targeting expansion in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC is leading a consortium buying into Vinmec, a not-for-profit hospital operator in Vietnam. This is the state investor's first investment into healthcare.
The IFC said at HBI 2020 that medical tourism in emerging markets is unlikely to normalise until the end of 2021. Providers say they are already doubling and tripling plans to build in domestic markets, rather than bringing patients to tourism hubs.
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