In this week’s podcast, we talk with Holly Logue, general counsel at Drawbridge Health, about the OneDraw, an innovative new tool that might upend the collecting, storage and testing of blood. Logue, a panelist in the upcoming DeviceTalks Tuesdays sponsored by Finnegan, will explain how her past work on Capitol Hill is helping this Silicon […]
Windtree names Hamill as new CFO
Drug- and medtech developer Windtree Therapeutics (NSDQ:WINT) today announced it named John Hamill as SVP and chief financial officer, replacing John Tattory, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Hamill joins the company, which develops drug product and devices to treat acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, with 30 years in the pharma, biopharma and clinical […]
DTW podcast: Connect your devices before it’s too late
Twenty years ago when he was working at the Mayo Clinic, cardiologist Dr. David Hayes shot down the idea that medical devices would serve patients better if equipped with technology that collected and transmitted data. Hayes had many reasons. He said patients liked coming to the doctors’ offices. “I thought they’d miss that connection,” he […]
CVRx CEO Yared on selling during a pandemic and improving diversity, equality inside and outside of medtech
In part 2 of an interview, we follow up with last week’s guest, CVRx CEO Nadim Yared, to catch up on how the medtech executive is managing during the pandemic. Yared also shares some far-reaching views on what the medtech industry needs to work toward to improve diversity in its workforce and provide equality for […]
CVRx’s Yared speaks to the value of confidence and cooperation
This week, CVRX reported positive six-month trial results for its Barostim Neo, an FDA-approved treatment for heart failure. The results follow years of close work between the agency and CVRx, one of the more ambitious startups in medtech. CVRx is targeting a huge clinical need with novel neuromodulation technology. In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, […]
Mayo Clinic needed to engineer its way through COVID-19: Here’s what they did.
The health system’s medical and engineering staffs had to devise their own solutions for lab gear, PPE and operating room air decontamination. As COVID-19 settles into several regions of the U.S., healthcare systems that once sat on the sidelines likely will find themselves in the same situation as their counterparts in the Northeast did earlier […]
Why FDA put the pedal to the metal for radar and hummingbirds and why medtech needs Google
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, co-hosts Chris Newmarker and Tom Salemi dig into the recent successes by startups Circadia Health and Preceptis Medical, which both saw expedited approval from the FDA due to the pandemic. Circadia Health earned a spot on this year’s “20 medical device startups you need to know” list. Circadia […]
FDA OKs Circadia’s radar-powered tool in battle against COVID-19
Healthcare staff monitoring COVID-19 patients for respiratory distress will have a new radar-powered tool at their disposal thanks to an expedited FDA clearance for Circadia Health. London-based Circadia Health announced today the agency gave a green light to its Contactless Respiration Rate (CResp) monitoring systems and c100 device. “Our C100 uses radar to wirelessly look […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo says medtech can increase workforce diversity
This week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast episode talks with industry leaders about improving worker diversity and developing new ways to treat COVID-19 patients. Kevin Lobo, chairman and CEO of Stryker, explains how his company — and the industry group AdvaMed that he currently leads — has been working to increase diversity of its workforce, particularly in […]
CEO Kevin Lobo says Stryker ready to regain lost momentum
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) CEO Kevin Lobo said today that the company is preparing to restart “a number” of idled production lines next month as it climbs out the crater created by COVID-19. In an interview on the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Lobo said the company is rebounding from its low point in April, when its sales fell almost […]
CEO Ryan explains how Cala Health is building bioelectronic medicine business
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi, editorial director of DeviceTalks events and content, visits with Renee Ryan, the CEO of neuromodulation startup Cala Health. Ryan came to Cala from the venerable medtech investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., where she made over 15 investments helping to create companies including Auris Surgical, Cala […]