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More political scrutiny of drug and treatment prices is likely following the midterm elections.Healthcare policy was a key theme in the midterm elections and it seems that Democrats capitalised on this popular anxiety better than Republicans (they gained enough seats in the House of Representatives to secure a majority). Indeed, one of President Trump’s key failures over the past two years has been around healthcare policy. The Congressional vote to partly repeal Obama’s healthcare reform...

The Swiss healthcare system makes an important contribution to employment and prosperity in Switzerland. At the same time, the sector is facing major challenges as a result of the huge rise in costs. The economists of Credit Suisse have subjected the Swiss healthcare system and the most pressing questions it currently faces to intense scrutiny....

So far, the healthcare sector has held back from digitalization, but it is about to change.  Expenditure on healthcare is rising rapidly in developed and emerging economies. People are paying more money not only because they can afford it, but also because healthcare gains in importance as...

Published: Wednesday January 27 2016 A Singapore group has become a leading supplier of comprehensive health services to businesses and health insurers in the Asia-Pacific region, helping keep patients out of hospital though preventative healthcare. Providing healthcare for all their citizens is a key issue for Asian governments. The populations of countries such as India, China and Indonesia are rapidly ageing, placing a growing burden on healthcare budgets which are already insufficient to...

The third quarter wasn’t kind to U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 fell 6.4 percent, with stocks battered by everything from fears over China’s growth slowdown and financial market collapse to uncertainty about Federal Reserve policy and the Volkswagen emissions scandal. In June, the consensus view on third-quarter earnings was a 1 percent decline. Heading into earnings season, that figure has been revised downward to a 5 percent decrease. With the fourth quarter underway, none of the issues that...