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2020-05-26New business models emergeWill genetics usher in a new era of healthcare? Is the entire health ecosystem ready for reinvention? Can digital healthcare in life sciences exceed patient expectations?Expanding Ecosystems3/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/article_3_thumbnail_sm.jpg/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/article_3_thumbnail.jpg<h3>Shifting Paradigms</h3>
<p>As the convergence of healthcare and technology has accelerated, new business models are rapidly emerging. </p>
<p>In the traditional biopharma model, the customer would be a physician, R&D tools would be chemical or biological, the end product a pill or vial, and the competitors pharma and biotech players.</p>
<p>The digital revolution in healthcare is shifting this long-established paradigm. Today, biopharma companies’ customer groups have grown to include patients of all ages, providers and payers—all equipped with smartphones and apps that generate a vast amount of digital information to empower their decision-making. R&D has added genetic information and digital capability to its toolset. The end product has broadened beyond the pill to include health outcomes enabled by digital devices and therapeutics. And the competitive set has seen the addition of technology players, including consumer-focused apps and online services, as well as digital health and digital therapeutics firms.</p>
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<h3>A Changing Ecosystem</h3>
<p>Indeed, digital and AI applications are radically changing key areas of the biopharma ecosystem and how patients manage their healthcare.</p>
<p>In pre-clinical research, technology is enabling everything from a deeper mining of literature, to predictive modeling and gene-function annotation. Digital apps are simulating molecular dynamics and pushing the limits of cellular imaging.</p>
<p>In clinical trials, digital transformation is helping to automate testing procedures, build global patient databases and collect real-world data.</p>
<p>In diagnostics, tech powers digital pathology, home-based body diagnosis, and computational analysis of tissue arrays. Just like your car leaves the factory with hundreds of sensors that can trigger the check engine light, humans will have wearable and/or implantable sensors to alert them when something is not functioning properly. Another burgeoning area is immune cell monitoring and digital analysis through just a finger prick.</p>
<p>At the point of patient care, digital applications are already delivering virtual consultations, remote monitoring, VR-based cognitive therapy and digital Rx. Demand for telehealth services and health-based social platforms is also increasing and especially vital in a world facing new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/healthcare-article-3-graph-2.png" alt="AI and Digital applications are changing key areas of the Healthcare Ecosystem" /></p>
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<p>The digital revolution presents both threats and opportunities to incumbent biopharma companies. Tech is powering efficiencies in all stages of the current ecosystem and is also enabling healthcare providers to expand their capabilities from treatment to prevention.</p>
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<p>The increased digitization of human experiences gives access to a wealth of information and knowledge that could help intervene before disease has a chance to strike. A prime example of this is collating data from an Apple Watch to screen for irregular heart rhythms and detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation. At the other end of the spectrum, digital transformation allows a completely new class of therapies such as digital therapeutics to support specific disorders.</p>
<p>McKinsey and Company’s international survey shows that more than 75% of patients expect to use digital healthcare services in the future.<sup>1</sup> Patients are seeking technology that delivers a level of care they can rely on and trust. Ultimately, the aim of the digital revolution is to develop healthier societies and lower the cost of care.</p>
<p style="word-wrap: break-word;"><sup>1 Source: McKinsey and Company, Healthcare’s Digital Future, July 2014. https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Healthcare%20Systems%20and%20Services/Our%20Insights/Healthcares%20digital%20future/Healthcares%20digital%20future.ashx</sup></p><ul>
<li>Customer groups, R&D and competitors are all rapidly expanding</li>
<li>Tech is reinventing every facet of the biopharma ecosystem</li>
<li>Innovations in patient care is driving adoption of digital services</li>
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<p>As the convergence of healthcare and technology has accelerated, new business models are rapidly emerging. </p>
<p>In the traditional biopharma model, the customer would be a physician, R&D tools would be chemical or biological, the end product a pill or vial, and the competitors pharma and biotech players.</p>
<p>The digital revolution in healthcare is shifting this long-established paradigm. Today, biopharma companies’ customer groups have grown to include patients of all ages, providers and payers—all equipped with smartphones and apps that generate a vast amount of digital information to empower their decision-making. R&D has added genetic information and digital capability to its toolset. The end product has broadened beyond the pill to include health outcomes enabled by digital devices and therapeutics. And the competitive set has seen the addition of technology players, including consumer-focused apps and online services, as well as digital health and digital therapeutics firms.</p>
<p class="photo-frame text-center"><img style="width: 100%;" src="/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/Healthcare-Article-3-Graph-1.png" alt="" /></p>
<h3>A Changing Ecosystem</h3>
<p>Indeed, digital and AI applications are radically changing key areas of the biopharma ecosystem and how patients manage their healthcare.</p>
<p>In pre-clinical research, technology is enabling everything from a deeper mining of literature, to predictive modeling and gene-function annotation. Digital apps are simulating molecular dynamics and pushing the limits of cellular imaging.</p>
<p>In clinical trials, digital transformation is helping to automate testing procedures, build global patient databases and collect real-world data.</p>
<p>In diagnostics, tech powers digital pathology, home-based body diagnosis, and computational analysis of tissue arrays. Just like your car leaves the factory with hundreds of sensors that can trigger the check engine light, humans will have wearable and/or implantable sensors to alert them when something is not functioning properly. Another burgeoning area is immune cell monitoring and digital analysis through just a finger prick.</p>
<p>At the point of patient care, digital applications are already delivering virtual consultations, remote monitoring, VR-based cognitive therapy and digital Rx. Demand for telehealth services and health-based social platforms is also increasing and especially vital in a world facing new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/healthcare-article-3-graph-2.png" alt="AI and Digital applications are changing key areas of the Healthcare Ecosystem" /></p>
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<p>The digital revolution presents both threats and opportunities to incumbent biopharma companies. Tech is powering efficiencies in all stages of the current ecosystem and is also enabling healthcare providers to expand their capabilities from treatment to prevention.</p>
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<p>“Tech is powering efficiencies in all stages of the current ecosystem and is also enabling healthcare providers to expand their capabilities.”</p>
<p class="attribution" style="color: #0070a3;">– Greg Wiederrecht, Ph.D.</p>
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<p>The increased digitization of human experiences gives access to a wealth of information and knowledge that could help intervene before disease has a chance to strike. A prime example of this is collating data from an Apple Watch to screen for irregular heart rhythms and detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation. At the other end of the spectrum, digital transformation allows a completely new class of therapies such as digital therapeutics to support specific disorders.</p>
<p>McKinsey and Company’s international survey shows that more than 75% of patients expect to use digital healthcare services in the future.<sup>1</sup> Patients are seeking technology that delivers a level of care they can rely on and trust. Ultimately, the aim of the digital revolution is to develop healthier societies and lower the cost of care.</p>
<p style="word-wrap: break-word;"><sup>1 Source: McKinsey and Company, Healthcare’s Digital Future, July 2014. https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Healthcare%20Systems%20and%20Services/Our%20Insights/Healthcares%20digital%20future/Healthcares%20digital%20future.ashx</sup></p><ul>
<li>Customer groups, R&D and competitors are all rapidly expanding</li>
<li>Tech is reinventing every facet of the biopharma ecosystem</li>
<li>Innovations in patient care is driving adoption of digital services</li>
</ul>text2 min1 minHealthcare Models, Digital Healthcare, Digital Healthcare Apps, Digital Health Diagnostics, Expanding R&D, Healthcare & Tech Convergence, Healthcare Services, Clinical Trials, Remote Patient Monitoring, Digital Therapeutics, Biopharma ecosystem, Cost of CareN/templatedata/rbccm/episode/data/healthcare/amazon_cvs_and_google_healthcare_reimagined/templatedata/rbccm/episode/data/healthcare/big_tech_vs_big_pharma/templatedata/rbccm/episode/data/healthcare/the_healthcare_data_explosionGreg Wiederrecht, Ph.D./assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/greg-wiederrecht.jpgManaging Director, Healthcare Investment Bankinggreg.wiederrecht@rbccm.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gregwiederrecht/Sasson Darwish/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/sasson-darwish.jpgManaging Director, AI, Analytics and IoT & Israel Country Coverage, Global Technology Investment Bankingsasson.darwish@rbccm.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sassdarwish/Andrew Callaway/assets/rbccm/images/gib/healthcare/andrew-callaway.jpgManaging Director, Global Head of Healthcare Investment Bankingandrew.callaway@rbccm.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cal-callaway
12026-04-13The George Davis Report: April 2026 EditionDon’t miss this month’s edition of the George Davis Report, where George discusses some of RBC’s forecast changes in response to the Iran war.noneInsights<li><a href="/en/">Home</a></li><li><a href="/en/insights">Insights</a></li>Home | Insights/assets/rbccm/images/insights/2026/20260115-the-george-davis-report-th.webp/assets/rbccm/images/insights/2025/the-george-davis-report-banner.webphttps://www.rbccm.com/en/story/story.page?dcr=templatedata/article/story/data/2026/04/the-george-davis-report-april-2026-editionWinds of WarYnone<div class="gd-wrap" style="border: 1px solid #bfd3e8;">
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<hr>/en/insights/transcript.page?dcr=templatedata/article/transcripts/data/2026/04/george-davis-report-april-2026-editionvideo1 min8 minenglobalOur expert1/templatedata/rbccm/authors/data/george-davisgeorge-davisGeorge DavisChief Technical Strategist, Fixed Income, Currencies and CommoditiesRBC Capital MarketsN/assets/rbccm/images/authors/george-davis-th.png<p>With over 30 years of market experience, George Davis is responsible for RBC’s Canadian dollar forecasts as well as intermarket technical analysis research that covers the FX, fixed income and commodity asset classes. Prior to this, he was a Vice President on RBC’s spot Canadian dollar and forward foreign exchange desks in Toronto and a foreign exchange Dealer in Montreal.</p>
<p>His technical research has been recognized via twenty-two international awards in the FX, fixed income, commodity and emerging markets asset classes. George was also awarded Technical Analyst of the Year six times by the Technical Analyst magazine and once by the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts, in addition to being inducted into the CSTA Hall of Fame in 2017. George has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Concordia University, holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation and is a Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets.</p>By <strong>George Davis, CMT</strong>By <strong>George Davis, CMT</strong>1N/templatedata/article/story/data/2026/03/the-george-davis-report-march-2026-edition/templatedata/article/story/data/2026/02/the-george-davis-report-february-2026-edition/templatedata/article/story/data/2026/03/us-iran-war-enters-second-monthinsights, commercialfxIn this month's edition, George discusses some of RBC’s forecast changes in response to the Iran war.Iran war, Forecast, Asset class, Canada, Canadian economy, Trade, Consumer, headline inflation, WTI crude oil, Rate cutIran war, Forecast, Asset class, Canada, Canadian economy, Trade, Consumer
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