10 top VCs share their best 2020 healthcare predictions, from a booming IPO market to pharma companies getting into the medical care business

Lydia Ramsey

Dec 19, 2019, 19:35 IST

10 top VCs share their best 2020 healthcare predictions, from a booming IPO market to pharma companies getting into the medical care business

We asked healthcare and biotech venture capitalists from leading firms like Venrock, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lux Capital to share their predictions for 2020.
They shared where they thought the public and private markets were heading and what impact they anticipated politics having on the industry.
The VCs also shared ways they thought going to the doctor would change - such as drugmakers getting into the healthcare business and unconventional sites like assisted-living homes becoming the new front doors to care.
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It's been a pivotal year for healthcare.

Big-tech players and retailers are getting into the industry in a big way, and digital health companies are going public. We've also seen FBI investigations and jaw-dropping reports on the cost of health insurance. Each development has brought new questions about where we go from here.

Looking ahead to 2020, Business Insider turned to 10 healthcare and biotech investors at top venture-capital firms to find out what they're keeping an eye on going into the new year.

From big changes in the way people go to the doctor to an illuminating year for health-insurance startups, here's what top investors predict will unfold.