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Medical Device Start-up companies > Global Markets and Related Challenges > Think act and network globally > Expanding Economic Development Activities > Top ten states by employment for medical device companies

Friday, June 13, 2008

Do U.S. Medical Device Start-up companies take advantage of less restrictive regulatory and reimbursement regimes outside the United States? Are most start-up companies challenged by the need for international clinical trials and initial product launches? Is the development of advanced medical technologies from countries such as India, Singapore and China fueled by substantial government incentives […]

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No slow down in Obesity epidemic > Industry Giants Push > Create demand > Obesity Surgery > Cash business > Medical-device makers > Venture Capitalists > Surgeons > Gastric banding > Bandwagon > Silicone band wrapped around the upper stomach > Restrict food intake > Fierce competition > Johnson & Johnson > Ethicon > Botox maker > Allergan > Venture-capital-backed outpatient centers > Cash paying obesity patients > Diet and exercise programs fail

Monday, April 7, 2008

Are Surgeons touting the lap-band procedure at free public seminars? Are Venture-capital-backed outpatient centers the profit generator with cash paying patients? Why are diet and exercise programs failing to slow an obesity epidemic?
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