Transparent, well-designed clinical trials are a must. Here’s advice on how to get there. Scott Nelson, co-founder and CEO of FastWave Medical Dozens of medical devices annually make it onto the FDA’s list of the newest approved medtech. Yet, alongside this progress, the agency faces a stark reality: over the last decade, faulty devices have been […]
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How you can achieve product-market fit in medtech
In medtech, product-market fit can be key to keeping you out of the graveyard of once-promising startups. Scott Nelson, co-founder and CEO of FastWave Medical It’s incredibly rewarding to build in the medtech space, but some data suggests the average medical device requires $31 million to develop, with nearly three-quarters of that budget dedicated to […]
Why your medtech career needs graceful exits
Erica Rogers, the CEO of hot medtech IPO Silk Road Medical (NSDQ:SILK), learned an important career lesson back in the 1990s. After more than 10 years at Boston Scientific, Rogers didn’t want to move from the West Coast to Boston to try to rise up through the company even more. As she recently related to Medsider’s […]
Commercializing the first da Vinci surgical robot: Lessons you need to know
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Daniel Hawkins is the President and CEO of Shockwave Medical. He began his career in marketing and business development roles for Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, otherwise known as […]
4 milestones to get your medical device idea from prototype to commercialization: Interview with Eric Stone, CEO of Velano Vascular
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Eric Stone cofounded Velano Vascular with Dr. Pitou Devgon, an internal medicine physician. Velano’s first device, PIVO, enables needle-free blood draws directly from peripheral IV catheters. Velano […]
The ideal process for launching your medical device in the UK: Interview with Michael Branagan-Harris, CEO of Device Access UK
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Michael Branagan-Harris is the CEO of Device Access UK and has been involved in the marketing of medical devices to the National Health Service (NHS) for the […]
4 Key Insights When Raising Money for Your Medtech Startup: Interview with Bruce Shook, CEO of Intact Vascular
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Bruce Shook joined Intact Vascular in 2014 as President and CEO. A highly-experienced, medical device executive with more than 30 years of industry experience, Bruce was previously […]
From Interventional Radiologist to Medtech CEO: Interview with Dr. Bob Smouse, Founder of BrightWater Medical
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Dr. Bob Smouse has over 20 years of experience in interventional radiology, endovascular surgery and clinical research. In addition to acting as CEO and CMO of BrightWater […]
How to go from idea to commercialization: Interview with Dr. Marie Johnson, Founder of AUM Cardiovascular
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! More than a decade ago, AUM Cardiovascular founder Dr. Marie Johnson was a doctoral student when tragedy struck her and her family. Her husband, Rob, passed away […]
Lessons Learned from Building the Renal Denervation Market with Ardian: Interview with Shaun Bagai, CEO of RenovoRx
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Shaun Bagai is the CEO of RenovoRx. He has over 16 years of medtech experience across multiple functional areas like clinical research, sales, marketing, and market development. […]
Lessons Learned Building Acclarent from Scratch: Interview with Bill Facteau, President and CEO of Earlens
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a regular feature at MassDevice. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider and Group Director for WCG. We hope you enjoy them! Bill Facteau joined Earlens Corporation as Chairman, President, and CEO in November of 2013. Most recently, he was the Vice Chairman of ExploraMed as well as an […]
