Product innovation & health care

The Health Care Forum / September 17th 2014 Boston, Massachusetts Across the world, health care has become a focal point for innovators. The need for innovation, coupled with advances in health technologies and data management, can help facilitate new diagnostic and treatment options. However, these same advances are likely to increase overall costs, prompting widespread efforts by public and private health care providers and insurers to contain expenditure by restructuring care delivery models and promoting more efficient use of resources. Wearable technologies, personalized medicine, and data-based care standardization are just a few examples that have the potential to revolutionise how people stay and get healthy. It is a sweet spot for incubators, startups and large enterprises. In this interactive, talk-show style session we will examine a variety of areas for innovation in the health care ecosystem. We looked at what the health care products and needs of the future are, and what companies and products hedge funds, private equity investors and venture capitalists are most excited about and why. Anita Goel Chairman and chief executive officer, Nanobiosym Chris Gordon Managing director, Bain Capital Unity Stoakes President and co-founder, StartUp Health Chip Davis Executive vice-president, advocacy and member relations, PhRMA Roger McShane Public-policy correspondent, The Economist