COMPANIES TO WATCH
Apple
-Computing hardware and software
-A new health app will be built into Apple’s next-generation operating system
-Vital statistic: 150.3 million iPhones were sold in 2013, for $91 billion in revenue...
Epic Systems
-Electronic records
-Makes the software health-care organizations and hospitals use to manage electronic records
-Vital statistic: 100 million patients’ records are accessible to companies using Epic’s health information exchange, Care Everywhere...
-Web search giant
-A new Android app platform is Google’s second attempt at building a health business
-Vital statistic: There are more than 40,000 health apps available for Android phones, but only a handful have been downloaded by more than 500 users...
Illumina
-Genome sequencing
-Sells genome-sequencing machines and tools for analyzing the data
-Vital statistic: $1.42 billion in fiscal 2013 revenue...
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
-Venture capital arm of pharmaceutical maker
-Invests in new digital health technologies
-Vital statistic: $500 million has been invested in more than 20 companies....
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