TIME recently published its list of 300 inventions shaping 2025. Going through the list, it struck me that many of these “new” medical, food and health innovations were actually patented as far back as 2009.
The rheumatoid arthritis implant from SetPoint Medical (https://lnkd.in/e9zxGEYD). The at-home Alzheimer’s treatment from Eisai and Biogen (https://lnkd.in/eGZsX-Er & https://lnkd.in/ey-UT5wW). The cultivated salmon from Wildtype, the first lab-grown seafood approved by the FDA (https://lnkd.in/eSA-erER). All of them share the same story: ideas that were protected years ago are now reaching the market.
In pharma and medtech, that’s completely normal. Clinical trials, safety studies, scale-up, and regulatory approvals simply take time.
So when we talk about these inventions (https://lnkd.in/eXwrftcB), we’re really looking at ideas of the 2010's now reaching the market. Who knows, maybe your next invention will end up on TIME’s list of inventions shaping 2040.
