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CEO @ Peach Health Asia | Two decades of successful experience bringing digital health, pharma and medtech companies into Asia

I don't think anyone would argue that 2023 / 2024 were rough years for the healthtech sector, however I would say the worst has past with 2025 looking up compared to the last two years. The Q3 earnings report from FierceHealth on the financial performance of 3 healthtech companies also highlights the success cases in the sector, these 'champions' show digital health companies can grow into sustainable ventures. There are a couple of interesting takeaways from these businesses, and I'll focus in on hims & hers, since the team at Peach Health Asia focuses on patient facing digital health products. i) Execution trumps tech: Hims and Hers success doesn't rely on using the most innovative or advanced tech, rather the Company has executed the commericialisation side of their business exceptional well using a digital platform that is fit for purpose. ii) Its hard to work SaaS models in patient facing solutions: Every successful digital health which engages patients directly uses some level of healthcare professional engagement and other human resources to power a commercial model. This might change in a world where AI can replace doctors but we are there yet! iii) Digital health is scalable....in certain areas: Digital health enabled models lend itself to certain areas of the healthcare sector like allied health and primary care settings. Patient facing products that work deep in a clinical setting are still valuable and they can offer a lot of value. However one thing history has show is these are expensive and difficult to scale in any short to medium time scale compared to products that manage patients in a contained ecosystem. iv) Digital health plus: virtual care is good, hybrid care is better from a commercial value angle. Hims and Hers I would argue does the same thing, but provides a hybrid virtual care service plus product model to drive patient engagement and profitability.

Health tech Q3 earnings recap—Hims & Hers plans to launch generic GLP-1; Doximity sees fast growth in AI tools

Health tech Q3 earnings recap—Hims & Hers plans to launch generic GLP-1; Doximity sees fast growth in AI tools

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