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Report: Is POCT a threat to the diagnostic lab sector?

POCT (Point-of-Care-Testing) has been heralded as the next frontier in medical diagnostics. Together with Theranos, the new US innovator, it is also often portrayed as a threat to the traditional lab landscape. Is it?
March 4, 2015

Major African investors ready the money

The two largest private equity investors in Africa, Abraaj and the Investment Fund for Health in Africa, are both raising new funds. So how are they progressing and what are their strategies? We investigated at the Africa Healthcare Summit in London.
March 3, 2015

Report: Where are the investors in Africa?

In 2013 private equity investment in Africa rose 130% to $3.3bn, yet African healthcare service operators tell us that finding serious investors is all but impossible. That is reflected in the coupon on a recent bond issue and in the failure of Hygeia, the largest Nigerian private operator and HMO to find a buyer. Why, given that cash payments make up 80% of sales in many countries and many governments are ready to welcome private operators. We spoke to experts at the Africa Healthcare Summit in London.
March 3, 2015

Diagnostics set to rocket in Africa

The lab and imaging services are set to soar across Africa, according to delegates and speakers at Africa Healthcare Summit 2015. New chains are growing fast in most countries, sometimes backed by major medtech players. And there is a huge international trade in esoteric tests. Meanwhile GE Healthcare has all but doubled sales in three years. We look at who is who and where.
March 3, 2015

From Around The World

Our weekly roundup of news from across the Developing World. This week, South Africa, India and Malaysia.
February 24, 2015

FREE BLOG South Africa: 3+1?

With hospital group Netcare announcing its largest ever capital increase this week, you could be forgiven for believing that all is well in Africa’s largest healthcare market.
February 24, 2015

From around the world

Our weekly roundup of private healthcare news from around the Developing World. This week, South Africa, the Middle East and India.
February 17, 2015

Private equity spots opportunity in Ethiopian labs

Kenyan private equity firm, Ascent (Ascent Capital Africa Ltd), has invested $2.5m in an Ethiopian lab group. Ascent took a 50% stake in Medpharm Holdings Africa and will look to grow the diagnostics laboratory aggressively. We spoke to Guy Brennan, a partner at Ascent.
February 10, 2015
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