Why Siemens-Varian deal is a win-win for both companies

Earlier this week, Philips Healthcare and Qualcomm Life Inc. announced a strategic deal to leverage components of each firms' product offerings. Philips will benefit from enabling users of its HealthSuite cloud platform to connect to a wide array of devices that utilise Qualcomm's 2net Platform connectivity. The company claims it will allow Philips devices and third-party devices secure connectivity, data capture and transmission to the HealthSuite platform.

he announcement that Agfa will investigate options to separate its healthcare IT business from the rest of the healthcare unit is not surprising

At the start of the year, we offered a discussion on how 2018 would be a landmark year for four of the leading vendors in medical technology. Ahead of the next round of quarterly results due in the coming weeks, we offer a “progress report”, reviewing their performance to date, updated strategies and likely outlook for the rest of 2018 and beyond.