Pharmacy leaders have issued a new warning over the online sale of weight loss jabs (GLP-1s) and patient safety amid predictions of a boom in demand for the drugs this year.
Today is the final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and to nobody’s surprise, the impact of Artificial Intelligence and technology on the economy, global society, and more particularly public health, has been top of the agenda. The opportunities presented by AI in transforming healthcare delivery are abundant, with AI emerging as […]
KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, has published its annual Healthcare & Life Sciences Investment Outlook, exploring 2024 and the year ahead, revealing deal volumes are expected to grow while valuations are also anticipated to rise.
George Murgatroyd, General Manager & Vice President at the Digital Technologies division of Medtronic, the world’s largest medtech company, shared his thoughts with HBI on how far we really need to go to effectively take the NHS from “analogue” to “digital”. Plus, what the role of Medtronic and medtech is in this reform, as demand for tech solutions in healthcare rises.
This week saw the latest event in HBI’s webinar series, “Scaling smart: how providers are leveraging new technologies for better diagnostic delivery”. The background to the event The purpose of the webinar was to explore the role that new digital tools, and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular, are playing in helping diagnostic providers to […]
The ACES24 HBI Special Conference Report covers the inaugural ACES conference hosted in Paris by AI imaging company Incepto Medical and AI strategy firm RE:SOURCE Healthcare. The report shares the deliberations of the conference and explores how leading imaging providers are achieving significant returns from AI implementation, despite facing complex regulatory and organisational hurdles. The […]
Malaysia's digital healthcare transformation started with the introduction of the National Telemedicine Blueprint in 1997. The country has been slow in progressing but opportunities for investments are increasing in recent years. The aim is to have a nationwide Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system by 2026.
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) launched the Technology and Innovation Sandbox in 2020 to accelerate digitalisation across socio-economic sectors in Malaysia. As of 2021 data, healthcare has been a primary beneficiary, receiving highest tech support.
As the healthcare and life sciences sector emerges from a period of consolidation and slower deal activity, investors are eyeing 2025 with cautious optimism. HPE Europe, a conference hosted by multinational law firm McDermott, Will & Emery (MWE), convened in London this autumn to explore key investment themes and strategies for the year ahead, with HBI in attendance.
Extens, a France-based investment fund exclusively dedicated to healthcare software, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Medicore, a Netherlands-based provider of electronic patient and client records, and data-driven applications, for the healthcare sector.
French digital health insurance startup Alan raised $193 million in a Series F round led by Belgium's second-largest bank Belfius, marking the largest European insurtech deal this year, Bloomberg reported.
The investment raises Alan's valuation to $4 billion, up from its $2.9 billion valuation in 2022. Alan reported $388 million in 2023 revenue and aims for 40% growth in 2024.
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