Panasonic is considering selling medical services for 1 billion dollars to speed up slimming-News Center

"Sadie Web News" March 18, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, a few days ago, Panasonic spokesman Megumi Kitagawa said, Panasonic is considering a variety of options for future development of the healthcare business. Industry insiders believe that Panasonic may be selling medical services.

reported that Panasonic is considering "tens of billions of yen" to 100 billion yen (about 1.04 billion U.S. dollars) for the sale of medical services, Panasonic's business, including blood glucose monitoring equipment and hearing aids. The report said private equity funds such as KKR were interested in buying Panasonic.

As Japan's second-largest TV maker, Panasonic is downsizing and cutting the number of business units. Panasonic expects a net loss of 765 billion yen (about $8.06 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31 this year as a result of competition from Apple and Samsung. The sale of medical services will be part of Panasonic's "Non-core Business" program.