MHTC confirms revenue from 1m health travellers for 2017

MHTC has reported 2017 health travel stats at their annual conference. Chinese outbound fertility tourists seen as a huge opportunity for Malaysia; at least...

Creating a patient-centric payment experience

Alex Zinn from Flywire identifies three effective changes that can be made right now, that will significantly improve the payment experience for medical travellers. Two...

Insurers Aetna and Cigna in the top 10 of most valuable healthcare brands

21 US companies, plus German, French and UK businesses feature in a top 25 table of the world’s most valuable healthcare brands, according to...

A new wave of outbound fertility tourism from China

The changing Chinese laws on having more than one child could lead to an explosion in the number of Chinese couples seeking IVF, according...

Private ophthalmology services attract investor attention across Europe

The UK private ophthalmology market could be ripe for disruption and, across Europe, investment in ophthalmology has become very topical. Dr Michelle Tempest and...

NMC Health buys Aspen Healthcare to grow its IVF services

NMC Health has completed its first UK acquisition with the £10m capture of Aspen Healthcare as it bids to grow its IVF services. The United...

Bupa acquires Turkey’s second largest health insurer

In buying Acıbadem Sigorta, Bupa sees excellent prospects for growth in Turkey. Bupa, the international healthcare company, has agreed to acquire Turkey’s second largest health...

Thai hospitals take a bet on China’s ‘two-child’ policy

According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Thai hospitals are expecting revenues to surge as more Chinese couples travel there for fertility treatment. In 2015 the...

UK woman dies after Turkish butt-lift treatment

The recent death of a British patient following a Brazilian butt-lift operation at a clinic in Turkey leads doctors to encourage proper research before...

Increasing global fertility acquisitions and consolidations for 2018

The global fertility services sector is seeing an emergence of serial acquirers and an increased pace of consolidation, according to Alantra, an investment banking...