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DeRoyal Industries Fast-Tracks Innovation to Serve Urgent Healthcare Supply Needs

In Health, Health Tech, Industrial-Manufacturing, Publisher Channel, Supply Chain by Mary Kurek

DeRoyal Industries, Inc. is a proudly American-owned and operated manufacturer of medical devices and PPE. Boasting a dedicated and experienced workforce of 1,900 employees across 20 manufacturing locations on 3 continents, DeRoyal has achieved a groundbreaking feat in the USA with their first-of-its-kind, fully-automated isolation gown production line. Their USA-built, cutting-edge production line can produce 1-2 isolation gowns per second totaling …

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Raising Capital is What Greg Downey Does and What He Teaches

In Blockchain, Funding, Investor Interviews, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

 Greg Downey is the founder of Purim Ventures, a venture capital company that also specializes in advisory services and fundraising education. Greg has over 25 years of helping disruptive innovations get to market and has helped companies already on market to expand. Over the last 15 years, he has successfully helped lead multiple capital raises totaling over $75,000,000 from …

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Genya Dana is Helping to Prove the Genomics Diagnostic Role in Disease Prevention

In Health, Health Tech, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

 Dr. Genya Dana believes that diagnostic capability is the best factor in the prevention of devastating diseases and is proving the weight of genomics as a great vehicle for diagnosis. Genya has extensive experience in the science of genomics and is also an experienced policy expert and negotiator at strategically managing complex systems to bring innovation to the forefront. …

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Toku Eyes Answers: What if an Eye Scan Could Diagnose Heart Disease?

In Health, Health Tech, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

 Ehsan Vaghefi is the Founder and CEO of Toku Eyes, headquartered in New Zealand. And, the answer to the title of this video is “it can.” Ehsan and the Toku team have innovated an easy, affordable, accessible means of scanning the back of the eye to secure valuable diagnostic health information that could change the course of a patient’s …

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Brad Ringeisen Works to Bring CRISPR Innovation to Climate Change

In Climate, Health Tech, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Along with the multitude of innovation tasks on his plate, Brad Ringeisen, Exec. Dir. of the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at UC Berkeley, brings a special passion to the work of applying CRISPR technology to solving some of our planet’s toughest problems. Ringeisen has more invested at DARPA (research and innovation) than most people have invested in raising kids, but, …

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Frontrunners Innovate-Hosted Global Fundraiser Panel

In Funding, Investor Interviews, Publisher Channel by ihelmadmin

Part of our Investor Series:  This is a recorded Q & A session with four fundraising experts – almost all are also serial entrepreneurs and/or serial investors. Backgrounds in banking, cap raising with highly credentialed firms, and/or serving on boards with names like Mark Cuban. The info and Q & A created enough synergy in the group for them to …

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Investor Interview-Carrie Nikitin in Health and Wellness

In Investor Interviews, News by Mary Kurek

Carrie Nikitin is a business founder, serial investor, and advisor in health/wellness, tech, and energy spaces. She sits on several boards of start-ups and also investment organizations. In this interview, Carrie shares with magazine publisher, Mary Kurek, how she got into business, a bit about the businesses in which she invests, and what she looks for when investing.  Meet Carrie …

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Networking Opportunities Identified in The Introducer Edition on Health Tech

In Health Tech, Networking Opps, News by Mary Kurek

Welcome to what The Introducer does best – facilitate connection.  For those who have been reading The Introducer for a while, you know that about a week after the edition goes live, we post the networking connections we see between those featured in the current edition (and we include some from previous editions where there’s a fit).  So, for The …

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Dr. David Armstrong – Health Tech Hero For Diabetics

In Features12, Health Tech, News by Mary Kurek

David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery and Director, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) You are about to meet an extraordinary expert on Diabetes and a master of technology aimed at helping diabetics to save limbs. Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California. He …

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Jacques Kpodonu on The Value of Health Tech

In Health Tech, Stakeholders, Stakeholders Health Tech 12 by Mary Kurek

Stakeholder Series:  The Value of Health Tech – Q & A With… Jacques Kpodonu, Faculty, Harvard Medical School and Cardiac Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Center, US Jacques Kpodonu shares his viewpoints on the value of health tech. Jacques’ focus is on healthcare innovation, cardiac surgery, capacity building, and health systems innovation.  You’ll find more of Jacques’ interests and accomplishments …