Strategic Fingers In Digital Health Pies
Executive Summary
Investors in digital health are a different breed. They invest less than life science investors, and they expect (and receive) more rapid returns. What's more, the corporate, strategic investment funds are not simply the venture arms of big pharma and medtech; health insurers and the tech firms are in there, too. And, guess what – they have entirely different agendas.
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