In 1985, Dr Jay Stein and his good friend David Ellenbogen teamed up to co-found Hologic with 12 employees and the intention […]
Posts Tagged ‘Medical Devices’
Learning from Past Mistakes
Almost 25 years ago, in 1998, the FDA approved computer-aided detection (CAD) tools as an adjunct to mammography. This was before the […]
Angels in the Crowd
When an entrepreneur has a novel idea for a medical device, her biggest challenge will be to secure the necessary […]
Turning Discovery into Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has its origins in a one-room laboratory in New York City in 1887 and […]
Cape Town Company Develops Covid-19 Test Kit
Five years ago, CapeRay joined a consortium of local manufacturers to establish a not-for-profit company called the Western Cape Medical Devices […]
Banking on Stock Exchanges
One of the first stock exchanges was established in Amsterdam in the early 1600s, with the first shares offered for the Dutch […]
Deal Making During a Pandemic
One of the final acts when a deal is consummated is for the two parties to shake hands. However, since […]
Breast Ultrasound and Catastrophic Forgetting
April 2021 saw the publication of journal articles that explored the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to breast ultrasound images. […]
Changing of the Guard
In an impressive ceremony held in Washington, DC this past Wednesday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and […]
An African Success Story
by Kit Vaughan and Gary Kantor It was just over a year ago that the Springboks – South Africa’s national […]