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Healthcare themes

Gain a detailed understanding of crucial trends affecting demand and supply, business environment and regulatory constraints in your target markets with EIU’s Healthcare services analysis.

Health technologies

Data mining, artificial intelligence and robotics are combining with wider internet access to open up a range of new possibilities for healthcare.

Policy and regulation

From drug safety to new rules on health insurance, the government and policy-makers play a key role in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries. This theme contains updates on regulations that could change the operating environment for companies.

Coronavirus and other pandemics

An outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China has highlighted once again how quickly a dangerous pandemic could spread across the world, with devastating consequences, despite government efforts to contain it.


US healthcare reform

As president-elect, Joe Biden has promised to repair and expand the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. However, he will find it hard to secure new funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pharma under pressure

Fiscal pressures and the patent cliff have prompted payers to cut drug prices, scale back reimbursement or encourage the use of generics. To fight back, pharma companies need to prove the value of their products.

Health access in emerging markets

As emerging economies have expanded, their populations have demanded better healthcare at prices even the poor can afford. Many governments are responding by rolling out public healthcare systems, but how can they do so without pushing up costs too fast?

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Ageing populations and tight budgets

Over-65s now account for around 10% of the world’s population. This demographic shift, combined with an economic slowdown, is threatening the stability of healthcare systems in many developed countries, and some developing ones.

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