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December 28, 2020

The 10 biggest healthtech stories of 2020

From covid response and psychedelic drugs to telemedicine and neurotech startups — here is a selection of Sifted healthtech stories of 2020.


Mimi Billing

2 min read

Sifted selects 10 healthtech stories from 2020 that has made a dent.

This year the big story was coronavirus. We could have written pretty much every one of our articles about how startups in different sectors were dealing with the challenges and opportunities of the pandemic.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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