The world’s aging, increasingly tech-savvy population has created demand for device and digital health solutions that enable people to live longer, healthier, more independent lives. In this first article of a three-part series on Agetech, we highlight innovative telehealth companies that are making impacts by going beyond primary clinical needs to address mental health, quality of life, and underserved patients.

Experts foresee the digital therapeutics market growing to $6bn-$9bn by 2025, driven in part by tech-empowered consumers and patients looking for solutions to better manage their own health and conditions. For medtechs, collaborations with software-driven start-ups will be key to harnessing personalized data and differentiating themselves in the marketplace.

Experts foresee the digital therapeutics market growing to $6bn-$9bn by 2025, driven in part by tech-empowered consumers and patients looking for solutions to better manage their own health and conditions. For medtechs, collaborations with software-driven start-ups will be key to harnessing personalized data and differentiating themselves in the marketplace.

CEOs of major medtechs Medtronic, BD, J&J/Ethicon, Edwards Lifesciences, Stryker and Olympus Corp. discuss how the pandemic has shaken up the industry and redefined their companies’ strategies from supply chain and digital uptake to ambulatory and at-home care.