The prevailing wisdom seems to be that fundraising dollars for medical device start-up companies are scarce in 2011. Yet, disposable insulin pump maker Valeritas recently raised $150MM in a series C financing round – the biggest equity financing transaction this year to date. Not every company wants to raise such a large amount of capital, but what sets Valeritas apart? Read More
Every physician that has been involved with medical research is familiar with the NIH (National Institute of Health), the monolithic government agency that doles out funding for medical research. What is less obvious to physicians is that the NIH has a mandate to transfer medical research into commercial products that treat patients and create high paying American jobs manufacturing these devices. Read More
