The headlines were all about connected care in the year when the pandemic struck global markets, but the more “traditional” areas of medtech have since made a powerful comeback in 2021, as anticipated.
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Royal Philips’ image-guided therapy business has rebounded, as expected, after the COVID-19 dip, and is now targeting expansion in a number of areas, as business leader Bert van Meurs explains.

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In the wake of a series of unprecedented executive orders from US President Trump, the EU medtech industry faces significant political, regulatory and business challenges. Swift and strategic action is essential to ensure stability and safeguard patient safety.
Germany’s Union parties may have little alternative than to bring the SPD into a new four-year coalition, says Clifford Chance partner and life sciences legal expert Gunnar Sachs. Health policy will likely see both textural and structural changes.
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