Investing in MedTech: the true value of platform technologies HIGH WYCOMBE, England, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical innovation has become a significant focus for venture capital investment in the last ten years. A growing, ageing population combined with the opportunity to develop global solutions is driving a spike in investment towards innovation that helps people better manage their wellbeing or enables them to get well sooner. Traditional pharmaceutical innovation has been supplemented with developments in medical technology. The medical device industry is predicted to be worth more than $8.5 billion by 2025 - with bioelectronic medicine being one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare. In 2019 alone, almost 14,000 patent applications were filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) in the field of medical technology.