Message from Scott
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May was a medtech whirlwind of the best variety. Medical Device Playbook events in Vancouver and Toronto, video interviews with serial medtech legends, and Proof-of-Concept Data on Proprietary Ingestible Technologies presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) in San Diego.
The Playbook events were our highest rated to date. Many thanks to our speakers. Your words made a real impact on attendees. This month's lead blog was written by an attendee who shares six insights she garnered from the experts speakers at our Vancouver event.
As always, thanks for reading.
Sincerely,
Scott Phillips
CEO
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Progenity Presents Proof-of-Concept Data on Proprietary Ingestible Technologies
Progenity, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing proprietary precision medicine solutions across genomic/epigenomic, proteomic, and microbiomic diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, announced results from three studies that represent potential breakthrough systems for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring digestive diseases through ingestible technologies.
L-R: Mark Drlik, Nick Allan, and Mitchell Jones
The results were presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW), the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers, and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery.
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New Brain Tumor Imaging Technique Uses Protein Found in Scorpion Venom
Image by Ester Inbar, available from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ST., Attribution Link
A novel imaging technique that uses a synthesized form of scorpion venom to light up brain tumors has shown promise in a clinical trial. The imaging system enables neurosurgeons to better see malignant growths that often are difficult to fully eliminate.
Results from the multi-institutional clinical trial, led by investigators from Cedars-Sinai and sponsored by Blaze Bioscience, Inc., appear in the journal Neurosurgery.
The new imaging technique that was studied uses a special high-sensitivity near-infrared camera developed at Cedars-Sinai, along with the imaging agent tozuleristide, or BLZ-100, developed by Blaze. The agent contains a synthetic version of an amino acid compound found in scorpion venom.
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6 Commercialization Insights from Serial Medtech Entrepreneurs
Learning from first-hand commercialization, partnership, regulatory, and financing experiences
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10 Usability Heuristics for Better User Interface Design
Follow these principles in UI design to develop a friendly, effective user interface.
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Choosing the Right Font for Optimal Medical Device Usability
Don’t overlook these important factors.
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Camosun College Capstone Symposium
The annual showcase of outstanding technical and professional expertise of Camosun College Information and Computer Systems (ICS) graduates takes place on June 17th at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria BC. Learn More.
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Bio and Nanomaterials workshops
Lorenzo Gutierrez, StarFish Medical Sr. Systems Engineer and Interim Toronto Site Director, will be a panelist in the Innovation and entrepreneurship as key components in Translational Technologies workshop at the Bio and Nanomaterials workshops event presented by the University of Ottawa CAMaR center. The workshops will be held June 17th to the 20th, 2019. More Information.
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23rd Annual LifeSciences BC Salmon BBQ
The Annual LifeSciences BC Salmon Barbecue has become one of LSBC's most popular events of the year. With over 20 years' of history, this event offers the BC life sciences community an opportunity to enjoy a great meal in the company of 100+ peers in a breathtaking setting. Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019, Location: University of British Columbia.
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Is the Price Right? Pricing Your Innovative Healthcare Product
On June 25th, join OBIO for a workshop on pricing strategies for innovative health products. Click here to download a PDF of the workshop flyer. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Inventory Controller (Victoria)
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, you are an expert resource for inventory control throughout the manufacturing cycle, and you’re passionate about process improvement and driving productivity every step of the way. You will ensure the stock is organized, accurate and stored efficiently, maintain the cleanliness of the inventory areas, conduct/report cycle counts, and you will execute the kitting process.
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Product Manager (Victoria or Toronto)
Join us as a StarFish Program Manager based in Victoria BC or Toronto ON. Responsibilities include managing the client relationships and owning the product’s performance, costs and timelines to deliver the complete product experience and ensure client satisfaction.
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Administrative Assistant (Marketing) (Victoria )
Seeking an experienced Administrative Assistant in Victoria, BC, to work closely with the VP of Marketing to help deliver content for our website, social media, advocate programs, and events. Are you are a self-starter with very strong attention to detail and excellent business communications skills? Then check out this opportunity!
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Brian Hanrahan speaks at the BC Regen Med Symposium on Commercialization challenges in regenerative medicine.
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Nick Allan at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW 2019) San Diego. Nick also participated in a poster session (see article above).
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Our purchasing and accounts payable teams went to the Royal BC Museum for a backstage look at museum operations.
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2019 STEM Crawl tour through some of the most innovative and creative spaces in Victoria!
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Lorenzo Gutierrez Ph.D. delivered a poster presentation during the 2019 Joint Ontario-on-a-chip and TOeP Symposium.
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Nick Allan and Brent Godau presented “Experimental Learning Partnerships: Building a course syllabus from Industry Collaboration“about the ‘amazing’ experimental learning partnership between StarFish Medical and University of Victoria to develop and produce the BME401C.
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Networking at Playbook in Toronto
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Mark Drlik and Gavin Manning talk IP at Vancouver Playbook.
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Cinco de Mayo celebrations at the Toronto office.
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Good thing Vlad is such a good cook - tacos were delicious.
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Software Engineers geek out #nerds. LEGO's rock(et)!
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Martin zip lining courtesy of Festival of Trees.
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Medical Device Vancouver Playbook Speakers
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Toronto Medical Device Playbook audience
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