Originally posted on Medical Design & Outsourcing Ken Fine, co-founder and president of Proven Process, is a popular man these days. Not a week goes by without Fine entertaining flirtations from private equity investors or potential strategic partners, looking to see if he’s ready to cash out of his business after 21 years. Proven Process […]
What makes Minnesota’s ‘Medical Alley’ tick? A podcast with LifeScience Alley’s Shaye Mandle
In this episode of DeviceTalks, we catch up with LifeScience Alley CEO Shaye Mandle about doing business in Minnesota’s world class medical device cluster. We delve into why the medical device and life sciences community clustered in the Twin Cities, what new trends in funding, M&A and technology are developing in the area and, of […]
Looking to change the game on rotator cuff repair: Rotation Medical’s Martha Shadan
Rotator cuff disease is one of the most common injuries in the world, with more than 3 million in the U.S. alone suffering damage to the tissues connecting muscle to bone in the shoulder. But the standard treatment for rotator cuff disease is clunky, painful and often inefficient, with an estimated 40% of patients experiencing re-tearing of […]
Fighting depression with medical devices: A podcast with Tal Medical’s Jan Skvarka
Tal Medical‘s roots go back to a serendipitous discovery at McLean Hospital more than a decade ago, when researchers working on bi-polar disorder reported that patients said they felt better after receiving an MRI. As it often does in medtech, that initial moment of discovery paved the way for years of development, eventually leading to […]
How I built the company: Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos
Fred Lampropoulos’ life reads like something out of a Horatio Alger novel. Lampropoulos, 65, started South Jordan, Utah-based medical device company Merit Medical Systems (NSDQ:MMSI) in 1987 and has grown it to more than $500 million in annual sales. He also served in the Special Forces (Airborne), ran for public office twice in Utah and opened […]
EXCLUSIVE: FDA says ReShape Medical can skip advisory panel for obesity balloon device
ReShape Medical, which is developing a balloon system to combat obesity, notched a significant victory in its path to commercialization, CEO Richard Thompson told MassDevice.com today.
Regulators at the FDA waived a requirement that the San Clemente, Calif.-based company appear before an advisory committee for its premarket approval application, Thompson told us. That removes a significant amount of uncertainty from the arduous PMA process for the ReShape Duo device, he said.
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Updated: Matchmaking for medtech, Greenberg Traurig looks to bring companies together
Editors note: This article originally ran Jan. 21, but the event was postponed due to snow in the Boston area. Greenberg Traurig is slated to host the next MedTech Partnering Day March 13 in its Boston office. Contact macneillj@gtlaw.com by March 11 to participate.
Report: Is Boston Scientific closing in on deal for Endo’s AMS medical device unit?
Endo International, PLC (NSDQ:ENDP) may have found a buyer for its American Medical Systems subsidiary after months of speculation that the Irish pharma company had put its medical device business on the block.
Medtech in the Southeast: 4 questions with SEMDA’s Jason Rupp
The Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) is making a move to become 1 of the preeminent trade associations supporting the medical device industry.
The non-profit trade association – that supports and promotes medical device companies in the Southeastern United States – recently named former AdvaMed executive Jason Rupp as its first full time executive director.