This year’s list comprises a wide array of some of the most accomplished executives in the healthcare technology industry. They have led their firms in advancing and revolutionizing healthcare solutions, spearheading innovations in patient experience and software platforms, medical devices, therapeutics, and other areas.

COVID-19 has remained a top healthcare priority for 2021, therefore many of the most influential people in the sector this year have been dedicating their efforts to fighting the pandemic. We also want to highlight the efforts of those devoted to tackling inequalities, reforming healthcare systems, and finding new ways to improve the lives of patients. Here is our top 10 list of the most influential people in healthcare for 2021.

Healthtech is a hefty sector, spanning digital health, femtech, pharma, AI-assisted diagnostics, drug discovery and plenty more.It makes money too, and a lot of it. In 2019, global healthtech investment totalled a staggering $7.4bn, with some of Europe’s healthtech companies landing big funding rounds. Last year’s biggest European healthtech deal came from London-based unicorn Babylon Health which raised $550m, while this year Stockholm-based digital health startup Kry raised $155m and Paris-based health insurance provider Alan raised $54m.

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Over the past year, these leading biotechnology executives and their organizations have demonstrated ingenuity, skill, and perseverance in solving tremendous challenges. The specialties of this year’s CEOs and their companies run the gamut from gene therapy to vaccine development, cancer treatment, proteomics, mRNA-based therapeutics, and much more. Many of the awardees have also found success in raising significant amounts of funding for their companies, which enables them to continue to have positive impact on the biotechnology field for years to come.

This year’s list includes those select individuals who have demonstrated remarkable leadership over the past year. They have brought some of the most advanced healthcare solutions to market from innovative software platforms to medical devices to therapeutics, and beyond while improving the patient care experience and outcomes. These accomplished individuals embody what it means to be a great leader in the modern era leveraging keen business acumen with a consistent drive to make the world a healthier place.

Here is the ranking of top scientists in HealthTech, including H-index, citation, publication parameters. Additionaly the possibility to stratify people by country or subject is provided.

It has been said that, in business, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. The people with the most connections may very well be the most powerful people within an industry. You’ve already met the young guns of biopharma; now, GEN thinks it’s time you got to know the most connected people in biotech. Below is a list, in alphabetical order, of 10 “well-connected” board members and executives with responsibilities at biopharma companies and/or medical research institutions, based on present and past activity. Dates for that activity are furnished where they are known.

The awardees on this year’s list represent some of the most innovative companies in the healthcare technology space. They provide their organizations with steady leadership and deep knowledge in their respective specialties, piloting their companies through ever-changing market conditions with an unwavering focus on customer needs.