Tagged with MedTech

Korea According to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea’s exports of products in the healthcare sector surged 30.9 percent in the first half from last year. Exports of drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics amounted to $7.1 billion (7.8 trillion won) in the first half, up almost 31 percent…

Spain Ignacio Vega and Carlos Ibares Sanz of Spanish medtech Cardiva, explain the group’s origins as a distributor, the growing importance of manufacturing, and the company’s international ambitions.   How has Cardiva evolved since its formation in Bilbao in 1989? Ignacio Vega (IV): Cardiva began life as a distributor, primarily for…

Portugal Santiago Ruiz, entering his fourth year leading B. Braun’s Portuguese affiliate in Lisbon, highlights the innovation present in Portugal, B. Braun’s Vision 2020 and emerging trends in the medtech world.   How has the affiliate evolved over the past three years under your management? We faced two crucial challenges over…

Algeria Mourad Belkheyar, acting director general of Varian Healthcare Algeria lifts the lid on the progress Algeria has made in its quest to bring the most advanced radiotherapies to Algeria. He discusses the critical role of Varian healthcare in training engineers, operating, and maintaining such complex machinery, to improve the prognosis…

Hong Kong Benjamin Chan of MediConcepts – a Hong Kong-based medtech CDMO – outlines the potential impact of the Greater Bay Area Initiative on Hong Kong medtech, and the key factors behind his company’s success.   Benjamin, as an industry veteran within the Hong Kong medical devices sector, with also a factory…

Spain Spanish stakeholders have been trailblazing the concept of the “liquid hospital”, which envisions the virtual and physical expansion of healthcare provision beyond the parameters of the traditional centralized hospital structure. The aim is to leverage connectivity, telemedicine, the Internet of Things (IoT) along with social media to co-opt patients, families…

Medtech Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis. He calls for healthcare to be given a new prescription. But, will the private sector write it?   The UK’s National Health Service has crippling sustainability challenges.   With many firms in the midst of or preparing for annual strategic planning sessions, it feels appropriate…

BIOTECH This week the NHS becomes the first in the world to routinely offer access to breakthrough genomic medicine. Today (1st October 2018) marks a huge stride in ‘precision medicine’ in the UK as the NHS begins to offer gene therapies tailored to individual patients. Hospitals across England have connected to specialist…

Spain From Big Data to healthcare algorithms to the healthcare continuum. Philips’ intention to be recognized by citizens as the company that helps people lead healthier lives covers all aspects of health. In Spain and Portugal, Juan Sanabria’s agenda is no different—touching the lives of 3 billion people a year by…

Spain Margarita Alfonsel, general secretary of Fenin, Spain’s medtech association, outlines the sector’s success stories from the past four years and her ongoing priorities. What is the role of Fenin as Spain’s medical technologies association within the country’s healthcare system and what have been your most exciting collaborations and success stories…

Cyprus Varnavas Varnava, the founder and director of Biotronics, highlights the importance of diversification when operating in a small market, as well as discloses his future plans for the company and the competitive advantage that makes Biotronics the partner of choice for leading medical technology companies, aiming to venture into the…

Innovation Yesterday, in their usual star-studded fanfare, Apple released two new products – one of which is set to be a major disruptor in the healthcare and life sciences industry. “It’s become an intelligent guardian for your health.” Jeff Williams, COO of Apple Apple events seem more like a rock concert…