Earlier this year, the pharmaceutical arm of Fosun International, a Chinese company with a market cap of over 13 billion USD, announced a1.3 billion USD buyout of India based Gland Pharma. Chinese companies are increasingly making healthcare deals abroad in…
I-Bridge Capital, a health-care focused venture capital firm and incubator based in Shanghai, has announced the establishment of a joint venture with BioLineRx Ltd., a drug company based in Israel. The venture will incubate healthcare startups, in order to develop…
The US healthcare sector is making rapid strides in recovering from the level of risk present in the sector in 2015. According to Michael Palumbo, founder of Third Millenium trading, the US healthcare sector “is now at a level where…
The investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mumtalakat Holding Company, has announced the recent successful acquisition of an equity stake in KOS Group, a European healthcare group that provides long-term care and rehabilitation services, as well as hospital equipment…
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which has been the primary investment vehicle of the UAE government for the past 40 years, has seen a drop in its long-term gains. The fund’s assets are expected to drop to 475 billion USD…
Healthcare spending is on the rise throughout the GCC (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain). In the UAE, more and more private players are being encouraged to enter the healthcare sector. Healthcare spending in the…
Middle Eastern investors have a well-known fondness for investing in Europe. This is perhaps highlighted most visibly in the purchase of iconic hotels in London and Paris, and the acquisition or sponsorship of high-profile football teams. These types of investment…
Investors based in the Middle East are increasingly recognising the wealth of opportunity available in India’s healthcare market, which is developing rapidly. Its development is rising on an incoming tide of foreign capital, provided mainly by institutional investors from liquid…
With US government healthcare spending on a steady rise, foreign investors are turning to US healthcare in pursuit of a reliable stream of revenue. These include Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, who – like many investors in the Middle East –…
VPS Healthcare, an integrated healthcare provider based in the United Arab Emirates, has recently acquired majority stakes in several hospitals in India. These include the Manesar, Qutub and Dwarake (NCR) hospitals owned by hospital chain Rockland, and Lakeshore hospital in…
The Middle Eastern healthcare sector is booming, prompting investors to look beyond their own region for technology and innovation that could help with the development and expansion of medical services within the Middle East. With major healthcare projects like the…
VPS Healthcare, an integrated healthcare provider based in the United Arab Emirates, has recently acquired majority stakes in several hospitals in India. These include the Manesar, Qutub and Dwarake (NCR) hospitals owned by hospital chain Rockland, and Lakeshore hospital in…
The member states of the GCC – Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – are investing heavily into healthcare ventures to support the increasingly varied healthcare needs of their rapidly growing populations. In the…
Recent figures from research and consulting firm GlobalData shows that the Saudi pharmaceutical market will grow from an estimated 4.5 billion USD in 2015 to a whopping 6 billion USD by 2020. Saudi Arabia already boasts one of the largest…
There is a healthcare revolution taking place in the Middle East, with investors in the region increasingly pursuing opportunities in pharmaceuticals, medtech, home healthcare services and a variety of other healthcare subsectors. This is most evident in terms of regional…