Disruptor Alert: These 5 Companies Are Changing Healthcare

Disruption doesn't happen overnight. Instead, it's typically a process that moves along relatively quietly -- seemingly not making big changes at all. Then at some point along the way, things are dramatically different than they were before. The disruption is apparent to everyone.

The reality is that disruption is going on nearly all the time, even if we don't realize it. That's especially true in healthcare. Five companies that are in the process of changing healthcare right now are CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT), Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA), llumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), and IBM (NYSE: IBM). These companies are at different stages in the disruptive process, but healthcare will change dramatically because of what they're doing.

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