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Again, the Norwegian government decided to block the Norwegian wealth fund to invest in private equity despite the recommendation from the funds management. This decision could not come at a worse time as a professional and well managed fund like the Norwegian wealth fund would have a positive impact for privately held start-ups and growth companies during a challenging financing climate. In a separate comment not quoted in this FT article, the Norwegian finance minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, stated that "huge amount of money up to NOK 100M" (USD 9.1M) could be made by individuals in these kind of funds and companies. Is this again a sign of Norwegian politicians incompetency, lack of understanding and jealousy best summed up by Aksel Sandermose as the Law of Jante ("Janteloven")? And that they don't see the risks that these individuals have taken to create these values? Or is it really true that such change in the investment mandate would break with the underlying intentions of the fund? Feel free to comment! https://lnkd.in/d3wUaqWY

Despite financing headwinds, the medtech industry continues to innovate and the FDA continues to support innovative medical devices which are AI enabled according to a recent report by McKinsey. Contrary to the MDR bottleneck, waiting times for FDA reviews receded by almost 15 percent from 2020 to 2022. Several factors contributed: approvals of AI and machine-learning-enabled medtech products reached an all-time high; miniaturization and improved visualization continued to drive approvals in cardiovascular and urology segments, among others; and digitally enabled categories, such as neuromodulation and robotics, continued to grow steadily.

Travelling to London for the LSX conference on 29-30 April 2024? I'm looking forward to meeting you there and to participate in the "Mastering Regulatory Challenges in the American Medtech Market" panel on Tuesday! https://lnkd.in/dpFnCbda Informa Connect

In a recent report by McKinsey of the financial health in 45 US academic medical centers, their profit margin fell from 3.7% to 1.5% from 2017 to 2022 while their revenues increased by 57% over the same time period. We need new service models to reduce the healthcare costs as investing in big "brick and mortar" hospitals clearly is not profitable. https://lnkd.in/dM_wJnh2

According to the 2023 Medscape US Physician Burnout & Depression Report (https://lnkd.in/dCzDfjyY) among 9'175 US physicians, 53% (!) of them are burned out and 23% are depressed. For a majority (65%), this has a negative effect on their relationships and only 13% (!!) have sought professional help to reduce their burnout. Physician burnout and depression are serious problems for our healthcare systems and should be taken much more seriously!

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Do you think medical device software development is all about infrastructure, security&compliance, testing and engineering practices? Think again! According to the Sept. 2023 McKinsey report "Medtech Pulse: Thriving in the next decade" it's also important that you build a culture, have solid talent and product management and (of course) use the right tools to have the greatest impact on the overall business performance.