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How Falling Birth Rates Reshape the Medical Device Industry
In this episode of The Demographics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how declining birth rates are transforming the medical device industry. They focus on the shift from pediatric to geriatric product lines, using Medtronic as a case study. The hosts discuss the growth of orthopedic implants, hearing aids, and cardiovascular devices driven by an aging population, while neonatal and pediatric equipment demand stagnates. They also touch on R&D reallocation, hospital purchasing trends, and what this means for investors and consumers. A concrete look at a $500 billion industry being quietly remade…
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