Renee Ryan CEO, CALA HEALTH Renee Ryan, CEO of Cala Health, is a dynamic, active leader in our medtech community. Mike Neidert and I originally met Renee when she led health technology investments for J&J Innovation (JJDC) on the West Coast and served as a judge...
MedTech Pioneers – Promaxo: The Future of MRI Guided Diagnosis and Treatment
Amit Vohra, PhD, MBA FOUNDER, CEO & PRESIDENT OF PROMAXO Dr. Amit Vohra is a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur, and technologist with a mission to improve lives through state-of-the-art medical imaging, robotics, and AI. Founder, President, and CEO of Promaxo,...
MedTech Pioneers – The Future of Digital Surgery at the Mayo Clinic
Janani S. Reisenauer, MD GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY/INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY MEDICINE, VICE CHAIR, INNOVATION, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY Mark Wehde CHAIR, MAYO CLINIC DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE...
MedTech Pioneers – Digital Surgery 4.0 & The Power of Go, Go, Go
Scott Huennekens CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, VIDA FLASH ACQUISITIONS, MEDTECH SPAC Scott Huennekens is one of the inspirations for this Medtech Pioneers blog. When I heard he and Vince Burgess were planning an IPO of Acutus Medical in the midst of the pandemic, I knew I...
MedTech Pioneers – Intuitive Ventures: Convergent Technologies, Beyond the Robot, in Minimally Invasive Care
Oliver Keown MD DIRECTOR, INTUITIVE VENTURES I met Oliver Keown MD, Director of Intuitive Ventures through Paul Grand’s Medtech Innovator ecosystem; we both served as judges in the Medtech Innovator pitch events. Intuitive launched its inaugural fund of $100M to fuel...
MedTech Pioneers – MedTech Innovator, The Largest Global MedTech Accelerator, From Inception To Scale
Paul Grand CEO, MEDTECH INNOVATOR (MTI) I have had the pleasure of serving as a judge, advisor and mentor to Medtech Innovator over the past few years and two Veranex Solutions companies, Ximedica and Experien Group, have been sponsors for the past five years. At the...
MedTech Pioneers – Genesis MedTech Group: An Ascending Leader in Emerging Market MedTech Innovation
Warren Wang, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Tal Wenderow, VENTURE PARTNER Tal Wenderow and I connected at Life Science Intelligence’s Emerging Medtech Summit in May 2021. I was very interested in what the founder of Corindus had next on his career journey. Turns...
New Independent Medical Review Board for Germany
For medical device and diagnostic innovators, a planned organizational change in review boards for Germany’s Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) could lead to new opportunities for market access of their products. The Federal Ministry of Health in Germany is seeking to...
First Meeting of the Italian Regional Purchasing Centers
Italian public healthcare structures can buy medical devices only via tenders. Up to 2016, competitive pricing was the main rule for tender winners. Since then, the Price/Quality criteria can be applied in the rate of 70/70, 50/50, usually 30/70. Quality is not...
Escalated DRG Payment Model Pilot in China Expected to Pose a Genuine Threat to Innovators
As a critical element of accelerating the healthcare payment reform, the pilot of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) in 30 major cities across China was officially announced in June by state administrations including National Healthcare Security Administration (the...