For its fifth annual Future Health Index, Royal Philips chose to focus on the insights and needs of health care professionals below the age of 40, a group that often feels unheard, and yet will form the basis of the workforce over the next two decades. Getting it right from their point of view is vital.
"The findings of the Future Health Index (FHI) 2020 demonstrate that we are at a crucial moment in the journey to the future of health care." So said Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Royal Philips, as the group published the fifth annual edition in its series of reports.
The goal of the Indexes is to understand customers better and cater for their unmet needs, especially in relation to...
In this week’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Ryan Nelson highlights Click Therapeutics’ FDA-cleared digital therapeutics (DTx) for depression and Sinaptica Therapeutics’ personalized neuromodulation for Alzheimer’s patients. Marion Webb discusses her interview with MindMaze’s John Krakauer on their gaming-focused DTx to help people recover from serious brain injuries. Elizabeth Orr introduces new voting members of the new Digital Health Advisory Committee and Natasha Barrow discusses Hello Heart’s new symptom-tracking feature in their heart-focused app.
This week, Establishment Labs Holdings announced the FDA gave it premarket approval for Motiva breast implant, Cologuard lands FDA approval for Cologuard Plus and GE HealthCare gets FDA nod for a new imaging agent. The FDA announces another expansion for TAP into ophthalmology and radiology. The AAMI and CTA will join forces to develop standards for AI and ML-enabled health care products.
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Tim Schmid, executive VP and worldwide chairman of J&J MedTech, expects Shockwave, acquired in April, and Abiomed, purchased in late 2022, to be “long-term gems” for the company. Cardiovascular is among higher-growth segments where J&J has concentrated investments in recent years, along with robotic surgical systems.
AdvaMed president Scott Whitaker said the group is focused on the need for tariff stability in conversations with the Trump administration. The organization remains optimistic about other policy areas. New chairman and ResMed CEO Mick Farrell laid out his five priorities.
Class III devices and panel-track supplements approved by US FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Data derived from FDA.gov. Updated weekly.
AdvaMed president Scott Whitaker said the group is focused on the need for tariff stability in conversations with the Trump administration. The organization remains optimistic about other policy areas. New chairman and ResMed CEO Mick Farrell laid out his five priorities.
