Global market capitalization exceeds trillions of dollars | Apple layout medical speed

Medical Network August 4th Beijing time on August 2nd news, Apple stocks hit a record high of $207.05 per share, up 2.5%, the market value exceeded the $1 trillion mark for the first time, becoming the first in US history The trillion-dollar market capitalization company has also become the world's first technology company to break through trillions of dollars.

This is not only a milestone for Apple, but also an important milestone for global technology companies. As of the close of the Beijing time on August 3, the US stock market closed, Apple's stock price reported 207.39 US dollars, the market value reached 10016.78 billion US dollars.

Alibaba and Tencent are currently the largest Internet in China enterprise Apple's current total market capitalization is equivalent to 2.12 Alibaba ($473.33 billion) or 2.39 Tencent (3.29 trillion Hong Kong dollars, or about 418.536 billion US dollars), which exceeds the sum of the two.

Among the A-shares, ICBC ranked first with a market value of 1.94 trillion (about 284.059 billion US dollars), and 3.5 ICBC can be compared with Apple.

In addition, according to the data of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on August 2: Start a business There are a total of 729 listed companies, and the latest total market value of the entire GEM is 4.58 trillion yuan, equivalent to US$670.4 million, which is less than Apple's market value.

At the same time, the trillion-dollar Apple is rich in enemies. According to the World Bank's 2017 GDP rankings, Apple's current total market capitalization ranks in the top 17 of global GDP, surpassing Turkey, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and other countries 2017. Annual gross domestic product.

The reason why Apple has such amazing performance in the market is that the direct reason is that it exceeds the expected performance. The world's most profitable company confirmed to the outside world that its profitability is still unmatched on August 1st, Beijing time. The quarterly financial report showed that Apple achieved operating income of 53.3 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 17%, net profit of 11.519 billion US dollars, up 32% year-on-year, both indicators were higher than market expectations. This quarter's performance is also the best performance in Apple's history The third quarter.

CEO Cook has already made it clear that the medical market is a huge opportunity for Apple. So Apple's long-term layout in the medical field has never stopped.

As early as April 2016, Apple teamed up with IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic to create 'Watson. health The Watson Health Cloud 'super cognitive computing platform provides doctors with customized data analysis services and secure cloud data for the HealthKit, ResearchKit, and CareKit platforms.

In August 2016, Apple confirmed the acquisition of personal health record company Gliimpse. The company is doing all the health data collection on a compliant digital case platform, greatly improving the synergy of medical information. The acquisition is a perfect fit for Apple, which is trying to get HealthKit, ResearchKit and CareKit to build medical credentials. Brian Eastwood, an analyst at the Chilmark Institute who studies consumer engagement and consumer-oriented healthcare models. Said: 'Apple just wants to have a ready-made ecosystem to collect personal health records.'

In September 2016, Apple Watch signed a large order with Aetna Insurance Group of the United States. Aetna Insurance will use a considerable amount of money to purchase Apple Watch for some important large employers and individual customers; Employees are issued to improve the overall health of the company and implement the company's medical reimbursement program.

In the spring of 2018, Apple was opening a special clinic for employees and family members called 'AC Wellness'.

In the strategic layout of medical health, Apple has consistently maintained the level of 'digging talents'. In order to build a first-class medical team, many executives and technicians have been recruited from the medical and health industry background.

Since Apple dug more than a dozen biomedical experts from biomedical companies such as Vital Connect, Masimo, Sano, Medtronic and C8 Medisensors, the outside world began to speculate. Later it was confirmed that some of these people served on the Apple Watch team, others Then work in the diabetes sensor research team.

In April 2017, CNBC's science and technology reporter said that according to insiders, there is an inconspicuous studio in the Palo Alto area of ​​California, where the biomedical engineering team is employed by Apple. This team is the early years of Jobs. Part of a good super secret plan envisioned to develop a sensor that can perform non-invasive and continuous monitoring of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.

Apple employs a large number of doctors and experts in the health field to provide theoretical and clinical support for research in this field. For example, Sumbul Desai, a digital health research expert from Stanford University, was hired by Apple as a senior researcher; they are still working with American food drug The Supervisory Authority cooperates to create a digital health monitoring software service that meets regulatory requirements and provides faster and more convenient access.

Apple's intention to lay out medical care is already very obvious. Subversion is quietly going on, the market value of the billion-dollar apple, the 'ambition' in the medical and health field is starting!