Over the past decade we have transformed into a focused leader in health technology
Over the past decade we have transformed into a focused leader in health technology
Driven by purpose
At Philips, our purpose is to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. We aim to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030, including 400 million in underserved communities.
As a technology company, we – and our brand licensees – innovate for people with one consistent belief: there’s always a way to make life better.
Present in Africa for over 130 years, Philips is committed to providing effective solutions to local health and healthcare needs across the continent’s diverse markets. With a direct presence in six countries, including South Africa, and the rest of Africa served through 150 channel partners, Philips is driving the digitalization of healthcare and partnering with stakeholders to improve local healthcare infrastructure and train local healthcare professionals.
Our strategy
We consider people’s entire health journey
At Philips, we see healthcare as a connected whole. Helping people to live healthily and prevent disease. Giving clinicians the tools they need to make a precision diagnosis and deliver personalized treatment. Aiding the patient's recovery at home in the community. All supported by a seamless flow of data.
We have a proud heritage of ground-breaking innovation that stretches back almost 130 years. Meaningful innovation – focused on our customers’ needs – remains at the heart of everything we do.
€ 1.8 billion
invested in R&D in 2021
50%
software/data science focus in R&D
57,000
patent rights
#1 medtech company
in Boston Consulting Group’s 2020 ‘Top 50 most innovative companies’
Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator ™
8th year in a row
€ 1.8billion
invested in R&D in 2021
50%
software/data science focus in R&D
#1 medtech company
in Boston Consulting Group’s 2020 ‘Top 50 most innovative companies’
57,000
patent rights
Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator ™
8th year in a row
Yet in an industry as fast-moving as ours, we can rarely innovate in isolation. Increasingly, this means partnering with healthcare providers, start-ups, universities (especially university hospitals) and other companies.
As a responsible company, we operate sustainably, to high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards. We continue to embed sustainability ever deeper in the way we do business – in our own operations and beyond, together with our partners.
Products come and go... Technologies change... But Philips is still about one thing: Creating meaningful innovation that improves people’s health and well-being
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