Tagged with MedTech

Taiwan Luke Chen, co-founder and CEO of PuriBlood, speaks about the innovative spin-off technology developed at the R&D Center for Membrane Technology at Chung Yuan Christian University. The company’s leukocyte reduction filters have the capacity to purify blood samples twice as fast as current market standards. The samples are able to…

Taiwan Michelle Lin, CEO, and Hsu Chang, Senior Advisor of EpiSonica, highlight the innovative new solutions that the company has created for women’s health and medical imagining. The advanced technology will make impressive waves in ultrasound tumor ablation and breast cancer screening – meeting high unmet medical needs. They go on…

Spain Rocco De Bernardis, managing director for Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices in Spain offers his insights into the company’s local footprint, assesses the situation for value-based healthcare implementation in Spain and, explains how Johnson & Johnson maintains patient-centricity at the heart of its operations.   While we are not in…

Taiwan Bach Chen, CEO of Maisense, highlights the innovative new solutions that the company has created in cardiovascular preventative medicine. Their advanced technology, Freescan, is providing an advanced solution to prevent stroke through Artificial Intelligence. Chen goes on to share the Maisense strategy as a nontraditional startup shaping the way for…

Taiwan Alan Tsai, general manager, and Carson Chen, chief technology officer of iXensor introduce the startup as an innovative player in the point-of-care diagnostics and digital health space. They jointly discuss the company’s exciting platform, PixoTest, which merges ICT and healthcare to deliver quick and accurate results using smartphone technology in…

Spain José Herraez, general manager of Beckman Coulter in Iberia, sheds light on the special features of the Danaher business model, and how that has aided his personal growth. Herraez also discusses the impact of the new innovation Beckman Coulter is bringing to labs in Spain.   The sector is moving…

Spain Jesús Donado, CEO of B. Braun Spain introduces the company’s strong footprint in Spain, as a manufacturing hub and a global centre of excellence for the company. Donado also discusses the challenge of offering solution and treatment-based services, while having to sell through product and volume-based tenders.   We are…

Spain Margarita Alfonsel, general secretary of Fenin, offers her perspective on the state of the MedTech industry in Spain, the changing dynamics between the public and private sector, and the issues of rolling out value-based healthcare.   Spanish healthcare devices are highly competitive and, as a group, we are present in…

Spain Despite the Spanish economy and pharmaceutical market’s steady growth, many local players are becoming cognizant of the limitations and risks of operating within a single market. Therefore, these small to mid-cap local companies are taking the next logical steps in their growth; internationalization.   The financial crisis in 2008 pushed…

Sweden Gothenburg-headquartered Cellink has gone from a start-up to one of the world’s leading 3D bioprinting firms in just four years; firmly positioning Sweden at the forefront of this potentially revolutionary new technology.   In the coming decade we would like to continue to push the boundaries of 3D bioprinting until…

Egypt Amro Kandil, managing director of Northeast Africa at GE Healthcare, emphasizes the company’s crucial role in improving healthcare in Egypt as part of a long-standing partnership with the Ministry of Health. He also explains why he has established education and after-sales services as two of his priorities leading the regional…

Spain Jesús Cristóbal, CEO of Texpol, the market leader for single-use surgical dressings in Spain, describes the company’s beginnings and his role in its success. Cristóbal goes on to share his strategic vision as Texpol aims for international markets and a more diversified portfolio.   With the future evolution of European…