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Healthcare industry trends

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Healthcare industry analysis

One year on: vaccination successes and failures – The Economist Intelligence Unit

How is the healthcare industry changing?

The onset of the covid-19 pandemic has increased global attention on the healthcare industry across complex issues from workforce shortages, vaccine equity, public spending and digital health. Despite the healthcare industry’s small market size, it is one of the most lucrative globally. Heightened interest in the sector since the pandemic began, higher quality general healthcare and rising life expectancy are likely to boost spending and healthcare industry growth in the coming years.

Challenges across healthcare sectors

Our field-leading analysis reliably forecasts the challenges and opportunities faced by the sector. We cover healthcare industry news, including covid-19 , changes and critical risks facing the healthcare industry and new technology in the healthcare industry.

Supply-chain disruptions and drug shortages responsible for vaccine timeline delays pose significant risks to the global healthcare industry. Equally, a reliance on limited players to produce medicines at scale is an enduring challenge across healthcare industry sectors. The growth of point-of-care testing in APAC holds promise, as do regional booms in IVD markets in both APAC and LATAM and developments in tissue diagnostics (TDx) . Ultimately, to move forward and create a truly global industry, a streamlined regulatory system is critical.

Healthcare in 2022

Healthcare has never been more important to the global economy than during the past two years, and it will be central to the economic recovery. Vaccinating the world against Covid-19 will remain a core priority in 2022, however, healthcare systems will also need to start tackling a backlog of non-Covid care.

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How much will vaccine inequity cost?

Rich countries have administered 100 times as many coronavirus vaccines as poorer economies. Beyond ethical concerns, delays in inoculating the world will come with a high price tag. A model built by The Economist Intelligence Unit shows that those countries that will not have vaccinated 60% of their population by mid-2022 will register GDP losses totalling US$2.3trn by 2025.

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The Future of Point-of-care Testing in Latin America

As Latin America (LATAM) experiences a shift towards decentralised IVD testing and greater constraints on fiscal budgets and healthcare systems, IVD companies will have to adapt their market strategy to meet the region’s increased demand for affordable point-of-care (POC) tests, particularly around infectious diseases.

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