Take a look at this VC trends article by Deloitte. Simple checkpoint this week. What are your reactions to this (positive/negative)? Pick a specific detail from this article and tell me how the...

Take a look at this VC trends article by Deloitte. Simple checkpoint this week. What are your reactions to this (positive/negative)? Pick a specific detail from this article and tell me how the pandemic impacted that specific trend you found.

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/health-tech-private-equity-venture-capital.html

2 Part Checkpoint:

1) Part One

Take a look at this interesting Cost Trends Analysis by PWC. They provide some interesting outlooks for US costs and what will inflate spending in specific areas.

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/health-industries/library/behind-the-numbers.html

Two questions:

- Identify 2 different inflators and summarize how they will impact healthcare costs in 2022.

- What else did you find interesting and informative? Was the report everything you expected or were there some aspects that threw you off?

2) Part Two

Moderna has a big patent dispute with the NIH (so surprised....) :)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/moderna-vaccine-patent.html

I also attached a pdf if you don't have access to the NYT article.

A bundle of questions: What's your reaction and stance on this patent dispute? What would be the financial consequences of all the possible routes this could take?

Make sure to respond to at least one other person!

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