October 6, 2016
Can Robot-Assisted Surgery Carve a Niche in Ophthalmology?
Last month, a surgeon performed ophthalmology’s first robot-assisted surgery – a membrane peel. Marc de Smet, chief medical officer of Preceyes, a Dutch start-up, shares...
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September 30, 2016
BrainScope Scores FDA approval for Concussion Dx Device, Moves into Commercialization
Backed by nearly $30 million from the Department of Defense, BrainScope created a device to make concussion diagnosis more certain. Hear what’s next for the...
September 21, 2016
Medtech M&A: McEvoy on Where Will AMO Fit into J&J & What the Deal Means for Eye Care
Ashley McEvoy, Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care and Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Companies, says the new force could pursue M&A in...
September 16, 2016
From the Fundraising Front: How Rox Medical Made the Move to Hypertension and Raised $40m
Rox Medical CEO Rodney Brenneman says he’s never had a tougher time raising capital. But the deed is done, and Rox is ready to move...
August 26, 2016
Everything Medtech Companies Need to Know About Making Friends (& Closing Deals) in China
Chen Yu, MD, managing director of Vivo Capital, has built a career finding the right deals at the right time in the US and China....
August 19, 2016
Where Are Series A Dollars Coming From? What Areas Are Ripe for M&A? You May Be Surprised
Data guru Jon Norris, managing director at Silicon Valley Bank, reviews his first-half numbers for ophthalmology and life sciences. Norris’ first-half numbers for Medtech start-ups...
August 11, 2016
ReVision CEO John Kilcoyne Says the Company is Ready to Build a New Medtech Market in Ophthalmology
ReVision Optics built it – a corneal inlay capable of correcting presbyopia. The FDA approved it sooner than expected. Now the company needs to build...
August 4, 2016
What Will Carl Zeiss Meditec’s New Ophthalmology Unit Look Like? We Ask Jim Mazzo.
Meet the newest Master of the Industry. Jim Mazzo, who has led divisions, spin-outs, and start-ups, now leads what looks to be a new leader...
July 27, 2016
From an “Ah, Ha!” Moment to Restoring Sight – Innovator Mark Humayun, MD, on What Drives Innovation
Over two decades ago, Mark Humayun – who will co-chair our upcoming OIS@ASRS meeting in San Francisco – helped launch a “moonshot” that would eventually...
