Medtech Trends to Watch in 2024

Five critical challenges facing a resilient industry

Medtech companies must navigate a raft of external variables to deliver innovation to patients, and the industry is still in a tenuous recovery after a challenging period of unpredictability and uncertainty. To understand where the industry is headed in the near-to-mid-term and what barriers must be surmounted to reach its full potential, Clarivate analysts have identified five key trends to watch.

These trends represent both challenges – a frosty financial environment, a shifting regulatory landscape, fragile supply chains and an emergent class of drugs that could render some procedures obsolete – and opportunities such as the rise of ambulatory surgical centers in the U.S. and the use of AI in medtech development.