
Philips

Philips
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.
We consider people’s entire health journey
At Philips, our innovations are driven by consumer and customer needs. 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. Find out more about our strategy and businesses
Innovating to address global health challenges
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
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. Find out more
Products
- Circular Edition systems
- Clinical surveillance
- Computed Tomography Machines & Solutions
- Customer Service Solutions
- Diagnostic ECG
- Diagnostic informatics
- Digital Pathology
- Emergency Care and Resuscitation Solutions
- Enterprise Imaging
- Fluoroscopy
- Hospital Respiratory Care
- Image-guided therapy
- Medical Device Integration
- Mother & Child Care
- MRI Systems & Solutions
- Oncology
- Patient Monitoring
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiography | X-ray & Fluoroscopy Solutions
- Retrospective Clinical Analytics
- Sleep and Respiratory Care
- Supplies and Accessories
- Telehealth solutions
- Ultrasound machines and software