El Economista reports (link in Spanish) that Argentina in particular, and Latin America in general, have the opportunity to play a leading role through startups that combine a high level of talent with new advances in healthcare. This combination, concludes the Argentinian leading economic daily, allows an exponential transformation.
The newspaper reports that venture capital investment in health startups in the region skyrocketed. According to a Pitchbook survey, in 2019, it was US$16 million, an amount that increased fivefold the following year, reaching a total of US$99 million, with a crucial contribution from the private sector.
The article points to the most popular adoption areas: telecare, genomics, advances in the identification and treatment of rare diseases, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, blockchain. Interestingly, gaps and niches are identified as well, such as a cross between genomics and machine learning.