Medicover ownership is now not-for-profit

The majority of shares in Medicover - the East European healthcare group that owns lab chain Synevo - have been put into a charitable trust: the Jonas and Christina af Jochnick Foundation. Jonas af Jochnick, 75, is a kind of Swedish Bill Gates. What does this mean for the future of the group?

The East/West split in lab procurement

The big suppliers to private lab groups are offering Pan-East European deals but they are sticking their heels in in Western Europe. And big national price differences remain according to Vincent Marcel, the CFO of Labco and Philippe Ballero, CEO of Synevo, speaking at the Healthcare Europa conference....

MVZ law change what impact?

Last autumn’s shock horror announcement from the new healthcare minister that, in future, medical doctors would have to own a majority in all outpatient facilities, left private healthcare in Germany in a state of fear, uncertainty and doubt. But will it happen and if so what will be the impact?...