CNBC December 12, 2018
Christina Farr

KEY POINTS
  • Apple has hired more than 40 and up to 50 doctors in recent years, sources say. Some haven’t updated their LinkedIn profiles and are keeping their role private.
  • These doctors are influential, scattered across teams, and helping guide strategy as the company delves into health care.

Apple has dozens of medical doctors working across its various teams, say two people familiar with the company’s hiring, showing how serious it is about health tech.

The hires could help Apple win over doctors — potentially its harshest critics — as it seeks to develop and integrate health technologies into the Apple Watch, iPad and iPhone. It also suggests that Apple will build applications that can...

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