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Posted on 01.02.2017
We’re living longer – but can we live better?
Most Europeans born today will live into their eighties but behind that impressive statistic lie inequalities and ill-health. It’s time we focused on adding life to years instead of years to life. In 1990, life expectancy at birth was 74.1 years in Europe. Today, it’s 80.9. This is a remarkable achievement, by any measure. However, […]
Posted on 24.11.2016
Bringing the digital revolution to the lab
Why do we use more advanced monitoring tools in our daily lives than we do in biomedical research? Every scientist knows that discoveries from biomedical research are useless if they cannot be replicated. Yet, in a recent survey by Nature, 70% of researchers indicated that they have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, […]
Posted on 24.11.2016
Let’s share the future of health
Revolutionising and reinventing Medicine We are currently experiencing a great period of particularly stimulating technological breakthroughs. A great deal of progress is expected in practically all areas of our daily life: health, home, work, consumption, the environment… In the health sector alone, there are plenty of new inventions: you can manage your diabetes with a […]
Posted on 25.05.2016
Investing in cancer care saves lives and money
Every family has a cancer story. If you have not had direct personal experience of cancer, the chances are that you know a loved one, a friend or a colleague who has. More than three million people in Europe are diagnosed with cancer every year, and 1.7 million cancer deaths are recorded annually. The death […]
Posted on 02.03.2016
Shift to value-based procurement must come from the top
This blog is part 4 of a series on the MEAT value-based procurement project, an initiative that advocates towards a shift from price-based procurement towards value-based procurement. It does so by defining a Most Economically Advantageous Tendering (MEAT) framework that includes the value of medical technologies, services and solutions in procurement processes across Europe. Read part […]
Posted on 20.01.2016
Primary Care in the New Health Economy
Global healthcare systems confound consumers and clinicians alike and cost more each year. Overall, we spend nearly US$10 trillion globally on healthcare with a wide disparity of access and outcomes. Chronic health conditions are increasing in incidence and prevalence in developed and emerging markets, further taxing clinicians, payers and hospitals. To serve growing populations of […]
Posted on 07.10.2015
‘Medtech Discoveries’ – come face-to-face with medical innovation
Big news: I am excited to announce that MedTech Europe will be holding its first interactive exhibition on the European Parliament’s esplanade next month. ‘MedTech Discoveries’ will run from 9 to 12 November, showcasing the world of medical technologies and its value to people. Join us to find out what medtech is all about. What […]
Posted on 10.06.2015
How medtech is changing future healthcare
Technological marvels in medical technology are arriving, and they will transform the entire healthcare chain It is not always easy to see a change occurring when it is happening right in front of you, so even those with long years of experience in healthcare might not recognise that the sector is currently undergoing a transformation […]
Posted on 11.05.2015
Mobile phone microscope finds parasites in blood
A new smartphone microscope uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a single drop of blood. The new technology could help revive efforts to eradicate debilitating filarial diseases in Africa by providing critical information to health providers in the field, researchers say. “We previously showed that mobile phones can be used for […]