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Europe’s orthopaedic implant industry being transformed by innovation, regulation, and price pressure

As healthcare becomes ever more personalised it’s impacting specialised markets, such as orthopaedics. This piece, authored by Alina Trabattoni, Dr Kristoffer Kenta, and Dr Leonid Shapiro of  health and social care consultancy Candesic, reviews how things are evolving in this pan-EU market after speaking to implant manufacturers, surgeons and patients, and reviewing clinical and patient recorded outcomes.

Vaccinations in UK care homes rolled out this week

Vaccine teams started working en masse in UK care homes this week, providers tell HBI. The new move is expected to greatly accelerate the vaccination programme - one of the first of its kind in the world - as residents until now have had to leave facilities to be jabbed.

HBI 2020: Data drives Ping An and Teladoc’s global expansion

Ping An and Teladoc revealed their plans for global expansion at HBI 2020. The former says it's hard to leave such a big domestic market as China but has sights set on SE Asia and 'the developing world'. Teladoc is focused on Europe, Brazil and also on Ping An's home turf, China! Both are now capable of delivering full acuity care and have driven their insights using some of healthcare's largest datasets.

HBI 2020: Dentistry – will we see a truly pan-European group and the COVID bounce back?

At the start of this year, there was a lot of optimism around dentistry. The dental sector was seen as one of the biggest and most exciting opportunities for private operators and investors. Largely unconsolidated across Europe and beyond, many asked ‘when will we see a truly pan-European operator'? COVID derailed all expectations of the year but with a vaccine now in play, what are the prospects for consolidation and expansion? HBI 2020 gathered a panel of experts to find out more.

Guiding surgery – from the other side of the world

Proximie is a UK-based start-up whose solutions allow medical staff to watch, learn from, and even guide, operations happening at the other side of the word. CEO Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram tells HBI that it's now deployed in over 300 hospitals and is soon to embark on a Series B.

Sub-Saharan Africa invests and insources during pandemic

The direct health impact of COVID-19 on sub-Saharan Africa has so far been significantly less than expected. But economic activity has fallen sharply and a vaccine impact is not expected until late next year. Panellists from Anadach, the IFC, Columbia Africa, AfyA Care and Nyaho Medical Centre talk about consolidation, supply chains and teledensity.

Bringing costs down in South East Asia

HBI State of the Regions continued on Tuesday morning with a look at SE Asia. It's "overloaded" in some parts with "substantial coverage gaps" in others, with big provider/payor conflict in most. Eduardo Banzon from the Asian Development Bank, Cole Sirucek from DocDoc, and Angus Slater from Bupa talk about the biggest challenges and opportunities on the continent.

Strand Medical CEO on why costs differ so much globally

Why do the prices of medical procedures vary so much globally? We talk to Jussi Rantanen, CEO at Strand Medical, a consultancy that specialises in analysing the cost and the quality of care internationally. An orthopaedic surgeon, here is his take on the differences.

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