Loading...

Stay current with insights from our analysts and industry updates. We also offer customised newsletters to keep your management, sales and marketing teams fully informed - contact us to find out more.

Russians are struggling to afford medication

Image

09-Jun-16 Basic healthcare is becoming less accessible to ordinary Russians. Medicine sales have fallen for the first time in Russia since 2008: Analysts recorded a 10% drop in drug sales in the first quarter of 2016. During a severe economic crisis, a growing number of Russians can no longer afford to buy medicine. [image: Andrei Iglov / RIA Novosti]

Read More

Turkish hospital group keen on expanding abroad through acquisitions

Image

09-Jun-16 Turkey’s Acıbadem Hospitals Group, which recently bought Bulgaria’s largest health group for EUR125 million, is now considering investments in Serbia and Romania in a bid to double growth figures over the next five years. The group plans a big health center in Amsterdam as well. [image: Hurriyet Daily News]

Read More

IHH Healthcare to develop tertiary hospital in Shanghai

Image

09-Jun-16 IHH Healthcare's wholly-owned subsidiary Parkway Pantai is developing a 450-bed multi-specialty tertiary hospital in Shanghai. Called ParkwayHealth Shanghai International Hospital, it is slated for opening in 2020. It will offer a range of specialties and healthcare services, with a focus on cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, urology, minimally invasive surgery, general surgery and internal medicine. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

Read More

Apollo sets up medical camps in India to make healthcare affordable

Image

09-Jun-16 Nearly 9,000 doctors from Apollo Hospitals across India have pledged to make healthcare affordable and accessible. The first medical camp under the initiative was set up across Bengaluru with a special focus on pregnant women. Nearly 500 women who visited the camps were given free consultancy on their health and pregnancy. [image: Apollo Hospitals]

Read More

Deluge of investment in healthcare in India?

Image

08-Jun-16 Private equity investment in healthcare in India will continue to see high growth due to industry drivers and successful exits. This is likely to drive up valuations. Investments touched a record high of close to USD1.6 bn in 2015, when six investments of more than USD100 mn were made. Hospitals and clinics attracted over half of this. [image: ValueNotes]

Read More
Share