In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Scott Whitaker, CEO and president of AdvaMed, shares concerns he had over how the federal government would work with the medtech industry during the pandemic crisis. Does he feel the medtech industry was treated fairly? How does he see the federal government and medtech industry working together in […]
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DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.7 – Edwards, employment news, update on clinical trials from Avania
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker stare at each other through the Zoom lens while talking about the positive employment news from Baxter International and Conformis, the hopeful news from Edwards Lifesciences, and the cautionary tone from Medtronic. What can we expect from the rest of medtech? In the […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.6 – Hear about the Coventor ventilator, COVID-19, Q1 earnings and MassDevice’s Medtech 100 Index
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Aaron Tucker of the Earl Bakken Medical Center shares the origin of the recently approved Coventor ventilator, which will be manufactured at-cost by Boston Scientific. We’ll also hear comments Abbott CEO Robert Ford made during the company’s Q1 analyst call as the MassDevice team begins to dissect how […]
DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast: Ep.5 — How can startups move forward during a pandemic?
Raising capital for startup is never easy. Try doing it during a pandemic. In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll try to help entrepreneurs by talking with two guests who are committed to helping startups find the funding they need. Paul Grand, founder and CEO of MedTech Innovator, explains how he’s working to keep startups connected […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.4 — What does Medtronic’s Puritan reveal mean for medtech?
What does Medtronic’s Puritan reveal mean for medtech? Medtronic earned plaudits and praise for sharing the design specifications for its Puritan Bennett 560 (PB560) ventilators. But will the gesture actually lead to more ventilators being manufactured? In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll talk with experts who will tell us what the plans do and […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 3 – Deconstructing medtech’s alphabet soup – DPA, MDR, FDA are all in the news
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll examine how governmental effort, both foreign and domestic, are hitting the medtech industry. Our guests include Tracy Eberly, CEO of Fang Consulting, a regulatory advisory group. Eberly will update listeners on what pushing back the MDR deadline could mean for medtech companies and why some companies may be less […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 2 – Medtech goes to war with COVID-19
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we’ll talk about medtech’s essential role in the escalating war against COVID-19. We’ll visit with Fluidda CEO Jan De Backer and Kevin Thornal, division president of diagnostic solutions at Hologic. The executives will explain how their imaging and diagnostic devices – which both received recent FDA approval – will […]
DeviceTalks Weekly: How is coronavirus affecting medtech?
Welcome to the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, a regular – and sometimes irregular – opportunity to visit with the editorial team at MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing. This week, Chris Newmarker, executive editor, life sciences, at WTWH Media, reviews our COVID-19 coverage with Tom Salemi, editorial director, DeviceTalks. Tom also chats with Jeffries analyst Raj […]
7 innovative medtech leaders you need to know
Meet the leaders helping to define the next big innovations in medtech — and the program that’s helping them do it. MassDevice.com editor Sarah Faulkner spoke with seven participants of the MassMedic IGNITE cohort to learn about how the mentorship program has already aided in accelerating their successes. After a five-year hiatus, MassMedic’s IGNITE mentorship […]
DeviceTalks Q&A: Talking targeted pain management with CEO Maria Bennett
At DeviceTalks Minnesota 2019, SPR Therapeutics founder, president & CEO Maria Bennett spoke with DeviceTalks program manager Sarah Faulkner about the company’s FDA-cleared peripheral nerve stimulation system for pain management. Want to see these interviews live? Join us at DeviceTalks West – Dec. 9-10 in Santa Clara, Calif. Sarah: Could you tell us a little […]
How Medtronic could help change healthcare for the better
Medtronic officials want the world’s largest medtech company to do more than just make medical devices: They want to help manage chronic diseases. Here are thoughts from the VP helping to lead the shift. Medtronic executive Sheri Dodd had a cousin — one of only four — die from Type 2 diabetes complications at the age […]