magine that there is a model that predicts an individual’s risk of thousands of diseases based solely on their medical history. What product would you like to create based on this model? This is not a hypothetical question – such a model already exists. It is described in a recent article in Nature, is publicly available, and is waiting for a team that can put it into practice.

We see MedTech today as a structural pillar of healthcare: tests and analyzers, monitors and pumps, CT/MRI and ultrasound scans, implants and disposables, as well as software for monitoring. Europe spends nearly 1% of the EU’s GDP on it; this figure may look modest to some, but the effect is cumulative and systemic, implying further steady growth. The money goes into tools without which patient pathways often cannot even start.