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AmyT on
April 23, 2009
Medgadget.com is essentially the “Engadget of the medical world,” if that tells you anything. The site bills itself as the “internet journal of emerging medical technologies.” Four of its six editors are practicing MDs. I’ve been privileged to know executive editor Michael Ostrovsky for several years. He’s a busy anesthesiologist with two small children who still manages to do all that daily work on the Medgadget site.
He’s been a big supporter of the DiabetesMine Design Challenge…
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AmyT on
April 20, 2009
Welcome to the fourth in our series of interviews with the judges of this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge (with a $10,000 prize; submissions accepted until May 1, 2009).
You may not know his name off-hand, but Robert Oringer is a highly influential entrepreneur and angel investor in the diabetes industry. He pioneered private-label diabetes products such as lancets and glucose tablets long before these things were available off-the-shelf in every local drugstore. Robert also has…
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AmyT on
April 13, 2009
Hope you all had a Happy Easter. I noticed there are just over three weeks left now to enter the 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. (Submissions accepted until May 1, 2009). On that note, today is third in our series of interviews with our esteemed judges: a conversation with Dr. Steven Edelman — renowned diabetes researcher and founder of the TCOYD (Taking Control of Your Diabetes) conference series. We’re honored to have him participate in the…
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Second in our series of getting to know the judges of this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, please say hello to Ross Jaffe, MD, a board-certified internist and eminent venture capitalist with Versant Ventures in Silicon Valley, CA. His job is to lead investments in medical devices, drug delivery, and healthcare information systems companies. He was a founding investor behind TheraSense and Insulet Corp. (the OmniPod company), so he knows a thing or two about innovation…
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AmyT on
March 25, 2009
For the this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, we are fortunate to have a judging panel that includes some highly influential individuals in healthcare and diabetes treatment. So who are these people? And what prompted them to get involved with a diabetes design contest? I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce these folks in a series of (hopefully enlightening) interviews, that will (also hopefully) foster further creativity and motivate some of you to jump in…
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