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Health Care

The health care sector includes companies that operate in healthcare, from pharmaceutical production to management of healthcare facilities. Main sub-sectors: pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare services and hospitals. Characteristics: defensive sector, less sensitive to economic cycles, strong drive from innovation, R&D and population aging, stringent regulation.

Health care sector: a cross and a line that moves little with the economic cycle, with its sub-sectors: pharma and biotech, medical devices, services.
Health care is defensive, driven by innovation, research and an aging population.
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