European Investor Sentiment Rebounds On Cell And Gene Therapy

The Barcelona Health Hub is a nonprofit that seeks to advance digital health innovation by bringing together start-ups, investors, health care institutions and corporations.

New funding mechanisms are required to give more momentum to prevention in the community and thereby relieve pressure on overburdened health care providers like the UK National Health Service. So says Simon Radford, a director at global thinktank the Milken Institute, which sees a solution in more funding for community-level prevention.

China's medical equipment industry is growing rapidly, driven by limited domestic presence in high-cost segments and increasing adoption of local products in areas like monitoring equipment, defibrillators, and ventilators. International giants dominate the high-end market, but domestic companies such as Neusoft Medical Systems and Mindray Medical are making significant strides.

Close collaboration between industry, academia and government in employing artificial intelligence could solve the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance, a new report co-authored by Google says.