DTW Podcast Ep. 42 – How the pandemic has accelerated, slowed medtech innovation

The pandemic has accelerated innovation in many ways but the physical pressures on entrepreneurs, innovators and engineers is very real.

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, a panel representing early-stage and tech transfer efforts explain how they’re helping individuals and young companies work through the unique challenges of the time, including finding capital, working with corporates, understanding opportunities in a changing healthcare market, seeing the silver linings

Guests include

• Jennifer McCaney, PhD,,co-executive director, UCLA Biodesign
• Jackie Mejia, PhD, director, gBeta Medtech
• Scott Morley, director, office of economic partnerships, University of Pittsburgh

This conversation is a condensed version of our Jan. 19 DeviceTalks Tuesday. Go to DeviceTalks.com to watch the entire on-demand presentation.

Co-host Chris Newmarker, executive editor of MassDevice, also shares his top 5 stories of the week, aka, #NewmarkersNewsmakers. The big news belongs to DePuy Synthes, Philips, Boston Scientific, Transenterix and President Biden.