Haemonetics, a medical-device maker that focuses on markets including blood and plasma collection, is evolving to expand broadly with more diversification and greater sustainability over time, all with the view that good products win, CEO Chris Simon explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Simon sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to talk about Haemonetics and how its has built out its hospital franchise with M&A to include high-growth segments that diversifies the company beyond its traditional blood and plasma collection businesses. He also shares his views on how medtech companies need to have products with competitive advantages as the hospital environment rationalizes and whittles down the number of medtech suppliers they use.

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OrthoPediatrics’ aspiration is to develop anatomically appropriate implants, instruments and specialized braces for children, so surgeons don’t need to “MacGyver” their way with treating a child with adult sized devices, CEO David Bailey explains to Bloomberg Intelligence, referring to the multi-skilled character from the 1980s TV series. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Bailey sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview to talk about OrthoPediatrics, how its technology built a cohesive commercial model to aid pediatric orthopedic surgeons, including products and clinical support, and how it has developed a strong M&A platform to add innovation to its portfolio.

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“We’re staking the company on personalization: If you can make the health-care experience more personal to the individual, they’ll be more likely to engage around their health care and take the proper actions to get better outcomes,” Chris Michalak, CEO of Personify Health, tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Michalak joins BI analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss the merger of Virgin Pulse and HealthComp, the company’s AI-driven personalization engine and the value proposition for employers. The conversation also covers Personify’s approach to consolidation in health care, the role of navigation and the impact of GLP-1 drugs on the market.

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