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]

17-Jul-17 Hospitals in India are ripe for the picking says Ramesh Krishnan, CEO of Parkway Pantai’s India operations. There is a readiness for consolidation, hospital promoters willing to let go and there are good assets available, he says. [image: Parkway Health]

03-Jul-17 Japan's Konica Minolta plans to acquire Ambry Genetics of the US, which uses genetic data to screen for cancer, in an acquisition expected to cost JPY100 bn (USD889 mn), the office equipment maker's most expensive acquisition ever. [image: Konica Minolta]

22-Jun-17 Days before a formal announcement was expected, Malaysia's IHH, the world's second-largest healthcare group, pulled out of exclusive negotiations with the Singh brothers to acquire a controlling interest in Fortis Healthcare and Fortis Malar in India. [image: ET Healthworld]

10-Jun-17 Hospital operator IHH Healthcare is looking to expand in China. The world's second largest healthcare group wants to tap the "enormous" fast-growing Chinese healthcare demand, CEO Tan See Leng said. [image: IHH Healthcare]