“THERE IS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN R&D IN INDIA”
What all medical innovations are expected in the next five years?
Many innovation efforts are happening across our portfolio. In most countries, the pacemaker used to be large and sat under your skin for many years. Our innovation will focus on miniaturisation with batteries that can endure for long term. So, we are bringing all our knowledge together to create a pacemaker that sits inside for a long time. You make a cut in the leg and send the pacemaker into the heart; the patient doesn’t even feel the pacemaker.
Similarly, in diabetes, AI innovations will decide how much insulin needs to be delivered every day by measuring the kind and quality of food the patient is eating. A lot of changes are happening in robotic surgeries with remote capabilities and use of AI. For instance, implantables in the brain are becoming smaller? They will become smaller and much more effective with algorithms that are going to come out.
Affordability of healthcare is an issue. How can
