Digital connectivity no longer belongs in the final slides of a medtech company’s pitch deck. In the latest DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, three leaders pushing for connected medical devices explain the need to incorporate data collection and monitoring functionality in new devices. Scott Huennekens, who advanced the “digital surgery” strategy when he helped launch Verb Surgical, […]
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Prosecutors want to present evidence of Elizabeth Holmes’ quest for wealth and fame
Private jet flights, luxury hotel trips, fawning media reports and hobnobbing with the world’s elite — Elizabeth Holmes’ desire for recognition and wealth allegedly motivated her to commit fraud with her now-defunct blood-testing company Theranos. That’s a major motive argument that federal prosecutors would like to make when Holmes’ trial starts in July in U.S. […]
BREAKING: Elizabeth Holmes’ trial postponed due to California COVID surge
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ federal fraud trial will now start in July 2021 due to another COVID-19-related delay, according to published reports. A new surge of coronavirus cases in California led Judge Edward Davila to postpone jury selection to July 13, the San Jose Mercury News and CNBC reported. Davila previously postponed the trial to […]
Ambu, Boston Sci execs see domination for single-use scopes
Hospital closures connected to COVID-19 have cut into the sales of many medical device companies, but executives at rival makers of single-use scopes say pandemic has only heightened existing concerns about contamination, exposure and cost. In interviews in this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, executives from Ambu A/S and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) said improved technology make […]
The top 5 MassDevice stories of the week — September 11, 2020
From the Theranos case to wearable medical devices, it’s been another busy news week for the medical device industry. Want to hear more about the week’s top news? Executive editor Chris Newmarker and Tom Salemi will discuss the week’s “Newmarker’s Newsmakers” during our DeviceTalks Weekly podcast. Without further ado, here’s this week’s MassDevice Top Five: […]
Elizabeth Holmes could make a ‘mental disease’ defense in Theranos case
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is considering making a “mental disease” defense in her closely watched federal fraud trial in San Jose, Calif. A court order filed yesterday revealed the defense strategy. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila granted prosecutors’ request over Holmes’ objections to have a team of two psychological experts examine Holmes over […]
DTW Podcast: Vizient on PPE, Vicarious on VR-aided robotics and let’s all hope for pumpernickel
This week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly is brought to you by the later V, as in Vizient and Vicarious Surgical. Bharat Sundaram, COO and president of Vizient, will share how the healthcare supplier is strengthening the supply of PPE for hospitals. He’ll also reveal when the company expects to see US hospitals running at pre-COVID […]
The top 5 MassDevice stories of the week — August 14, 2020
COVID-19 continues to batter medical device companies — not to mention the world as a whole. But some of this week’s top five MassDevice stories demonstrate that medtech companies continue to innovate and ink business deals as they look toward a post-pandemic future. Want to hear more about the week’s top news? Executive editor Chris […]
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ trial to start in March
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ federal fraud trial will now start in March 2021 amid delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge Edward Davila decided yesterday that jury selection will start on March 9, with opening arguments taking place around March 16 in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. It is possible that some or […]
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is questioning grand jury selection process
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to mostly deny ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ request to inspect grand jury selection records. Holmes, according to the prosecutors’ July 31 response to Holmes’ July 30 motion, is adopting a strategy of other defendants indicted during the COVID-19 pandemic — to suggest without basis that was the grand jury […]
DTWeekly Podcast: Can Drawbridge, Edwards bring disruptive innovation to blood drawing, heart surgery industries?
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 […]
