Ep 2 - DeviceTalks Weekly - MedTech goes to War

Ep 2 - DeviceTalks Weekly - MedTech goes to War
DeviceTalks Weekly
Ep 2 - DeviceTalks Weekly - MedTech goes to War

Mar 20 2020 | 00:32:31

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Episode 2 • March 20, 2020 • 00:32:31

Hosted By

Tom Salemi

Show Notes

In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, hosts Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker will detail medtech’s essential role in the escalating war against COVID-19. This week’s guests are Fluidda CEO Jan De Backer and Kevin Thornal, division president of diagnostic solutions at Hologic. The executive will explain how their new FDA tools will aid against the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. We also ask them how the recently invoked Defense Production Act will impact medtech’s fight against the pandemic.

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