It’s the day many of us resolve to do better. We’ll make time for family, pass up the cookie aisle in the grocery and hit the gym more regularly. The following healthcare startups CEOs are brave enough to make their resolutions public, sharing them with MedCity and adding an accountability factor. Some challenge the status […]
This has been a rough year for medtech companies, with the device tax, the venture capital drying up and biotech flaunting its IPO muscles just for show. But, there have been many bright spots, often in the form of acquisitions, innovation and even just plain old humor. Here are the most quotable quotes from medtech’s […]
In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability.
When we say the healthcare industry is changing the world, we mean it. The Muse, in its quest to find “50 fearless minds changing the world,” named nearly 20 percent who are healthcare industry thought leaders. The Muse and its company founder, Samir Arora, are in the running to be the Wall Street Journal‘s startup […]
Socrates Health Solutions has gone to Indiegogo to crowdfund $125,000 for its noninvasive glucose meter technology, the Companion, by Nov. 12. The healthcare startup has Dallas roots as part of the Health Wildcatters incubator. The campaign will help push the device through an FDA 510(k) clearance path. Though Socrates was founded only in March this […]
NPR got Silicon Valley’s take on Healthcare.gov, and asked what those tech entrepreneurs would have done differently with the federal healthcare insurance exchanges. Their answer? Start small. “It’s not as if Facebook says, ‘OK, here is our six-year plan for how we’re going to make Facebook.com,’ ” entrepreneur Ben Balter said. “They build one feature […]
LIM Innovations, a California-based healthcare startup that has created an innovative prosthetics socket, aims to close out its first round of funding–$1.5 million–by the end of October. So far the company has raised $450,000 in convertible notes, with more pledged from strategics and undisclosed investors. The company also recently won MedTech Idol, a competition sponsored […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
I’m fresh back from a two-week vacation, during which I happened to get married. So far, being married is awesome. Planning the wedding however? Well, that was certainly a learning experience. One I’m sure any entrepreneur worth her salt would take a lot of lessons from. Here are four that can help those of you […]
The standard of care for port site closures in laparoscopic surgery may be changing. Irish medical device startup neoSurgical‘s first commercialized product, neoClose, officially launched this week in the U.S. Today, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons named the device one of the 2013 Innovations of the Year at the SLS Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Annual Meeting. […]
What with the medical device tax and regulatory hurdles, there is a lot of medical device startups are contemplating beginning business in Europe. But before you leap, look. Is America or Europe right for your company? Here are four tips to mull over from two CEOs who lead startups that have a strong European presence. […]
Think shock absorbers for the human body. Moximed could help active and young patients who have osteoarthritis prolong the amount of time before total knee replacement. The Heyward, Calif.-based company’s Kinespring Knee Implant System is a medical device that absorbs part of the load put on the knee, without changing anatomy. The device is positioned […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A California-based startup may finally help physicians monitor vital signs for fetuses of obese mothers, starting with heartrate. First Pulse Medical hopes to have the intrauterine device, which is noninvasive to the fetus, cleared with the FDA by the summer of 2014. Right now, physicians use an ultrasound stomach belt to monitor fetal heartrate, which […]
Stamford, Conn.-based AmbioHealth raised $525,000 in equity to close out its third angel round. The company will use the money to continue developing its remote health monitoring system and its compatible activity monitoring system, CEO and Co-Founder Kevin Jones said. The money will also go toward marketing and operational costs. Jones said the company aimed to […]
As you prepare to watch Breaking Bad reel toward its dark end, take these ten startup strategies from Walter White, America's most popular small business owner.
Elevate Ventures’ IEDC awarded Curvo Labs, a startup based in Evansville, Indiana, and San Diego, California, $50,000. The idea? Use regularly refreshed hospital purchasing data to provide an “on-ramp” for medical device companies, then use the offers those companies make to drive down costs for hospitals. In theory, this would create sales efficiency for […]
At the Kauffman Foundation, we track multiple factors that impact new firm success rates. From this, we know that access to experienced mentors, capital, customers and collaborators separate successful startups from those that fail. For startups, collaboration often takes shape in two ways: internal-facing activities and external-facing activities. The most obvious internal-facing forms of collaboration […]