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]

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]

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]

25-May-16 Sanofi will step up its push into China, its second biggest market after the United States, in the next five years as part of a wider expansion into emerging countries, where it sees a large part of its future growth. [image: Reuters / Robert Pratta]

24-May-16 China will actively support the World Health Organization at global and regional levels, to achieve its 2030 goals for sustainable healthcare development. At the same time, China will make efforts to improve the country's health outlook. [image: Xinhua]