While some make it to the headlines, some don't. Two sectors, healthcare and pharma have been witnessing more mergers and acquisitions than any other sector. There is a logical reason why private equity money is flowing in these sectors. Probably these two sectors are the ones with maximum potential to grow over the next decade or so. In the case of pharma, facts are well known, right from skilled manpower to lower manufacturing costs. In the case of healthcare, there are two things: first, medical tourism, second, soft exports of medical services. Not many may know, some of the best known doctors from India fly to CIS and other countries, where the healthcare companies have their OPD. Either the patient is treated there, if possible or else he is referred to India for treatment. While it might sound impossible, given the broken healthcare system which even some of the best developed countries have, in future, Indian healthcare companies taking over global hospitals may also become a reality.
