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Labco buys SDN in Naples

Labco, the Pan-European diagnostic lab group, has bought sdn, the largest diagnostics centre in Naples with a large lab and imaging parc.
August 5, 2014

Public healthcare sector killing private companies in Italy

Late payments, shut downs and politically driven management – welcome to the world of Italian private healthcare operators. We talk to Sergio Antonio Bolognese at Espansione, a consultancy specialising in advising the private sector, on the problems it faces.
August 4, 2014

“Retailisation” of Italy’s private market poaches patients from the public sector

Italians are increasingly turning to the private sector for diagnostic tests, dentistry and outpatient specialists leading to a "retailisation" of healthcare. We talk to three of the largest of this new breed of operators to assess the emerging market. Italian patients today pay privately for 20 percent of their healthcare expenses, which amounted to a […]
August 1, 2014

Permira to build new imaging services provider

Private equity house Permira is backing a merger between Mesa Medical, a Pan-European supplier of third party maintenance and used imaging kit, and Asteral, which is the largest provider of managed equipment services around imaging equipment in the UK. The deal will alarm suppliers like Siemens, GE and Philips.
August 1, 2014

Lasik remains tough for Clinica Baviera

With a network of ophthalmology centres across Spain, German and Italy Clinica Baviera provides a useful litmus test for what is happening in ophthalmology and, beyond that. for general demand for non-essential surgery/dentistry paid out of pocket. Demand, particularly for laser treatment, remains weak.
August 1, 2014

Future looks bright for private healthcare in Italy

Italian spending on private healthcare dropped in 2013 to €29.6bn, but the rise of mutual insurers and the “retailisation” of swathes of Italian healthcare means that the sector should continue to grow fast over the next decade, according to Francesco Maietta at Censis, a think tank which has just surveyed 1,200 consumers.
July 14, 2014

Italy’s largest hospital group heads for Algeria

San Donato, the family owned group which is the largest Italian private hospital chain, has turned round San Raffaele, Italy’s largest university and research hospital, which it acquired in 2012. Meanwhile, it is about to sign a contract in Algeria.
June 11, 2014

Report: Dentistry in Europe

Web-empowered, patient choice, the retreat of state payors, internationalization - what is happening in dentistry will happen in other healthcare service sectors soon. So it is a sector that is worth watching closely. In this, the first part of a 2 part report, we look at how dentistry markets in Europe are changing, look at business models and track consolidation, naming the major players country-by-country. How is the market set to change?
May 22, 2014

Dentistry platforms fetch high prices

Carlyle, the owners of IDH, the big UK dentistry group, plans to sell or float the group for as much as £1bn. Meanwhile, the largest Finnish dentistry group is subject to a bid and the two largest Scandinavian dentistry chains have just merged. What is the attraction?
May 14, 2014
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