AdrenaCard Pharmaceuticals is a Minneapolis-based startup developing what it touts as a small, easy-to-use epinephrine injector. As with many young medical device companies, it’s founders have had to rely on contracted talent. AdrenaCard’s CTO Chris Kuehn had a few tips and lessons learned to share this morning at the Design of Medical Devices Conference at […]
How Bigfoot Biomedical’s CEO wants to boost diabetes management
Jeffrey Brewer faced the biggest challenge of his life when his 7-year-old son Sean received a diabetes diagnosis in 2002: Diabetes became the new focus for Brewer’s energy. In his role as CEO at JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) between 2011 and 2014, Brewer forged financial partnerships with industry to drive the development […]
How CHF Solutions is using health economics to expand product adoption
Two years after CHF Solutions (NSDQ:CHFS) acquired Baxter‘s (NYSE:BAX) Aquadex fluid filtration device for $5 million, the company’s executives are working to weave together the evidence they need to land reimbursement in the U.S. and expand patient access for its technology. The Aquadex system is designed to filter water and salt from patients experiencing fluid overload due […]
