Frans van Houten

When you try to master the emotions of a decision and say, if you're 50 years from now and you look back, 'Did we take the right decisions?' Then the decision becomes a lot easier. ”

Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however, we will put our economy back on a path of growth and sustainability. ”

Sustainable solutions based on innovation can create a more resilient world only if that innovation is focused on the health and well-being of its inhabitants. And it is at that point - where technology and human needs intersect - that we will find meaningful innovation. ”

If we can keep you healthy, that is better. If you fall sick, you go to the hospital. Both sides, Philips is present. ”

It has not escaped us that other competitors have also identified health as an attractive marketplace. ”

Philips is uniquely positioned to help reshape and optimize population health management by leveraging big data and delivering care across the health continuum, from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, minimally invasive treatment, recovery, and home care. ”

The agreement to acquire Volcano significantly advances our strategy to become the leading systems integrator in image-guided therapies. ”

The conventional way of selling products out of the catalogue no longer works; the relationship needs to become more sticky. ”

In an aging world with more chronic disease, health and healthcare are enormous opportunities that we want to focus on. ”

Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose. ”