“The eHealth is going to grow and grow for the next 20 years, but right now Europe is in the slow lane. Action is needed, something you covered in a recent interview with Bilel Jamousse of the ITU. In the US de facto standards are often set in the marketplace and that is the situation with eHealth. That’s where the leading manufacturers are located and de jure standards are not going to impact on their business in the near- or medium-term. They currently have around 90% of the worldwide market for pacemakers. Asia, on the other hand, is very active on the standards front, which they see as being the entry point into the market for devices. Right now Europe (…)”