Specialist international private equity firm TVM Capital Healthcare has signed a cooperation agreement with Kozyavkin Medical Group, which includes Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic in Truskavets (Ukraine) to launch a business which will deliver specialist health treatment to patients with CP and other disorders of the CNS to selected markets across the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. The investor syndicate led by TVM Capital Healthcare will be holding a majority share in the business for the start-up investment. The new business, named Vivus Medical Rehabilitation Company Ltd., will make the Kozyavkin Method (Intensive Neurophysiological Rehabilitation System, INRS) accessible to more patients around the world.
The Kozyavkin Method was created by Professor Volodymyr Kozyavkin more than 30 years ago in Ukraine and has received inclusion in the encyclopedic edition of child orthopaedics as one of the four most effective approaches to the rehabilitation of patients suffering from CP and other CNS disorders. The treatment method is recognized by the European Medical Association (EMA); more than 70,000 patients have been treated at medical institutions in Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, including around 17,000 from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the USA.
The agreement was signed by Prof. Dr. Volodymyr Kozyavkin, General Director of the Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic and Dr. Helmut Schuehsler, CEO and Chairman of TVM Capital Healthcare on May 3rd at the Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic in Truskavets, Ukraine.
Dr. Helmut Schuehsler, CEO and Chairman of TVM Capital Healthcare comments: “As a healthcare private equity investor we are dedicated to making high-quality healthcare services more accessible to patients worldwide. Our portfolio company, Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center, has been cooperating with the Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic and is already successfully offering the method to patients in the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With this Joint Venture, we plan to grow this method globally. We are very much looking forward to working with Professor Kozyavkin and his team to help more patients benefit from their immense medical and clinical expertise.”
Professor Volodymyr Kozyavkin, General Director of the Kozyavkin International Rehabilitation Clinic (part of Kozyavkin Medical Group) said: “We are proud to have won an internationally renowned and experienced healthcare investor who is supporting our innovative method of treating patients with Cerebral Palsy. We are very much looking forward to cooperating with the team of TVM Capital Healthcare to make this method available for patients worldwide.”