As predicted by Healthcare Europa last week, Affidea, the pan-European diagnostic imaging and cancer care provider, has confirmed it is considering entering the LATAM arena.
Spain-based hearing aid specialist Gaes, which runs a network of 600 centres in Spain, Portugal, Turkey and South America, is looking for an external investor to fund its expansion projects.
Spain’s largest healthcare provider, Quironsalud, which was recently bought by German hospital operator Fresenius Helios, has entered the Peruvian market through the acquisition of a 50% stake in Clinica Ricardo Palma in the capital Lima.
Affidea, independent pan-European healthcare provider of advanced diagnostic imaging and cancer care services, has signed a binding agreement for the sale and purchase of the diagnostic imaging company Q Diagnostica from Alantra Private Equity.
Spanish dental care provider Dentix is to receive €200m of long-term credit financing from private equity firm KKR to fund its international expansion plans. We speak to CFO Daniel Anton.
Accionistas X Nisa, the platform regrouping Spanish hospital group Nisa’s minority shareholders, has managed to obtain a combined stake of over 50%. The news comes as a blow to Vithas, Nisa’s largest single shareholder, which has been trying to secure control of the company since the summer.
Spain’s third largest hospital group Ribera Salud, through its purchasing arm B2B Salud, is being investigated for alleged involvement in receiving kickbacks – illicit payments to facilitate contracts. This is according to numerous reports in the Spanish press, including El Mundo, which suggests enquiries are being made into the companies, and named individuals.
How do the big banks decide to lend – and how do they view the healthcare market? We speak with Ian Wootton, EMEA head of healthcare corporate banking division at Japan’s largest bank, MUFG.
Free healthcare is drowning under the recent wave of public spending cuts in Europe. Prospects for improvement in some countries seem slim – particularly when faced with an ageing population of increasingly chronically ill citizens. Is there a solution? Could management by the private sector or outright privatisation provide the magic solution that will introduce gains in efficiency […]
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