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Into 2019: Stakeholders Are Bidding To Re-Engage Medtech's Innovative Engine

 
• By Ashley Yeo

"All-hands-on-deck" has been the policy pursued by the US industry association AdvaMed in recent times, as it has sought to play its part in promoting user-friendly, responsive and transparent regulation and market access for medical and digital health care technology. AdvaMed chair Nadim Yared believes that, with one or two noteworthy exceptions, there is more to come in 2019 from a largely improving medtech ecosystem globally.

Nadim Yared, chair of the board of directors at US industry association AdvaMed, is ready to roll up his sleeves and get fully involved in helping to secure better business conditions for medtechs large and small, whether they operate in the US or globally, during his two-year term of office.

Yared is also president and CEO of US heart failure and hypertension implantable device start-up, CVRx Inc., and as...

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