Silicon Valley giant medical field shows great power, investment increase in 875% within five years

According to "The New York Times" report, in the first 11 months of 2017, the ten largest technology companies in the United States participated in a total of $2.7 billion in health care equity transactions, an increase of 875% over the $277 million in transactions in 2012. .

John Prendergass, associate director of healthcare investment at Ben Franklin Technology Partners in Philadelphia, said: "The reason why such high-tech companies are entering the healthcare industry is because the market is too big, too important, too much to ignore. Individual users."

The following is a summary of the trends of several major technology giants listed in The New York Times in the medical field:

Facebook

In the past few years, Facebook has been expanding its healthcare business and research work. The 2016 social network launched a rolling scroll on the site to attract more pharmaceutical companies to advertise drugs. Rolling features include information about drug side effects. Facebook's Oculus, a virtual reality (VR) device manufacturer, this year partnered with Los Angeles Children's Hospital to develop VR simulation equipment for medical students to respond to high-risk pediatric medical emergencies.

apple

Apple's main concern is consumer products, and in 2017 it will continue to strengthen its strength in this area and use its access to consumers to enter the medical field. For example, in the spring of this year, the company acquired Beddit, a sleep tracking technology company, and conducted clinical research trials in collaboration with Stanford University and telehealth provider AmericanWell. Apple's cardiac research project will assess whether the App application can use data collected on Apple Watch to identify irregular heart rhythms.

Amazon

Amazon's healthcare development plan is less public, although in 2017 they made some notable moves. The Seattle-based retail subversion company is one of GRAIL's investors, a life sciences company specializing in the detection of cancer with a total financing of more than $900 million. Industry analysts in 2017 also firmly predicted that Amazon will enter the pharmacy business.

Microsoft

Microsoft is already a major software and cloud service provider for multiple medical centers. At the same time, the company has been focusing on data storage and analysis services. In 2017, they launched a new initiative called HealthcareNeXT that aims to conduct research and pilot projects with UPMC, a leading global provider of comprehensive healthcare services. Next, HealthcareNeXT is ready to step into artificial intelligence and cloud services, developing artificial intelligence-supported healthcare tools, artificial intelligence software in radiotherapy plans, genome sequencing and analysis tools, and other professional services.

Alphabet

Foreign media described Google’s parent Alphabet as “maybe the most active U.S. consumer giant in health and biotechnology.” Later this summer, Alphabet acquired an App application development company called SenosisHealth, which uses smartphone sensors to monitor specific health indicators. Verily, the medical research division of Alphabet, also launched a health monitoring tool in 2017: VerilyStudyWatch. The sensor of this watch can collect the user's heart rate, gait and skin temperature data. The vertical research project Projectbaseline, funded by Verily, focuses on the use of watches and will track approximately 10,000 participants over the next four years.

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