09-Sep-17 Chilean healthcare company Banmedica SA, which operates health insurance, clinics and other services in the sector, has signed a non-binding agreement to sell all of its shares to US-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. [image: Empresas Banmedica]

08-Sep-17 WuXi NextCODE, a genomic big data platform, raised USD240 mn in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital China, making it among the largest venture financing deals for a start-up in the healthcare sector in China. [image: China Money Network]

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19-Aug-17 Singapore's Fullerton Health acquired 43 medical centres and five specialist clinics from Australia's second-largest private hospital operator, Healthscope, for AUD55 mn (USD44 mn). Healthscope decided to sell its medical centres to focus on its hospitals and international pathology operations. [image: Bloomberg]

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25-Jul-17 Aetna announced it has acquired the Bupa Group’s Thai business, Bupa Thailand. “Thailand is an important market for us, with increasing local wealth driving greater adoption of health insurance," said Richard di Benedetto, President of Aetna International. [image: Bupa / YouTube]