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Updated 18 Oct 2026

Epic Took Share in a Year Hospitals Bought Less Software

Epic ended 2025 with 43.7 per cent of the US acute care EMR market, up 1.4 points, in a year when hospital purchase activity fell sharply. That combination — rising share, falling installations — tells you the 7.9 per cent category growth is annuity, not demand, and the EU health data space will entrench it further.

Healthcare healthcare & pharmaceuticals

Updated 18 Oct 2026

A Validated Test Method Was Withdrawn Because the Tissue Left the Market

When the OECD amended two skin test guidelines in June 2025, it deleted a validated method because the reconstructed tissue behind it had left the market. That supply-chain fragility, not the science, is what constrains in vitro toxicology — and it explains why the value is migrating from assays to platforms and reference data.

Healthcare healthcare & pharmaceuticals

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Apixaban Has Three Clocks Running and Only One Is a Patent

Eliquis faces three clocks: a patent date of 1 April 2028, a Medicare negotiated price effective 1 January 2026, and a clinical shift toward mechanical thrombectomy. Only the first is already in every model.

Healthcare healthcare & pharmaceuticals

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Ophthalmology Grew While Its Biggest Drug Fell 27%: The Money Moved to the Procedure

Eylea's US franchise fell 27% in 2025 and revenue per geographic-atrophy injection is down roughly a fifth, yet ophthalmology still compounds at 5.98% to 2033. Alcon's segment split shows where the growth went: consumables and equipment grew 5-6% while the intraocular lens did not grow at all.

Healthcare healthcare & pharmaceuticals

Updated 16 Oct 2026

The Air Ambulance Paradox: Non-Discretionary Demand, Discretionary Payment

Air ambulance demand is clinically non-negotiable; the payment is not. Pheonix Research examines the USD 8.0 billion-to-USD 14.6 billion market through the gap between a roughly USD 30,000 billed helicopter transport and a USD 6,502 Medicare payment — and what that gap does to the operators who fly it.

Healthcare Air Ambulance & Medical Evacuation Services