In this second roundup of HLTH, which drew more than 9,000 attendees to Las Vegas from 13-16 November, Medtech Insight highlights presentations from the CEOs of BD and Google Cloud and insights from an interview with BD’s CEO Tom Polen.
Becton Dickinson AB CEO Tom Polen took the stage at HLTH to talk about BD’s role in redefining the future of health care.
He noted that the introduction of smart devices that allow for continuous patient monitoring has created a paradigm shift in health care with many benefits, but also challenges.
TRiCares presented data from the first-in-human study for its tricuspid valve replacement system – Topaz – at EuroPCR 2025 on 22 May.
The US’ 90-day suspension of higher “reciprocal tariffs” will expire on 9 July, raising fears that the 31% tariff rate on Swiss medtech and other goods exported to the US might make a comeback. While the tariff situation changes on an almost daily basis, medtechs should forearm for any eventually, say local business organizations.
Guardant Health introduces a new germline panel test to help guide cancer treatment, assess the risk of secondary cancers in patients and identify family members at risk of cancer.
