Beyond the immediate strain the coronavirus pandemic is placing on healthcare systems around the world, ageing is a long-term trend which will continue to impact government attitudes towards the sector and spur innovation from corporates in the field.
This is because ageing has such far-reaching consequences. Ageing feeds into several long-term investment themes, with the impact on industries from cosmetics to companion animals, on changing consumption and saving habits and even investment risk appetite. At the centre of these changes is the improvement in average lifespans. How healthcare and pharma tech breakthroughs are helping us fight Covid-19 Below, we focus on the healthcare sector, which is at the centre of the issue. A recent trip to two continents revealed two very different healthcare markets with varying long-term th...
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