Essex In the News

HOUSTON, Texas – Essex Woodlands (www.ewhv.com), a global healthcare growth equity and venture capital firm, announced today a strategic partnership with Smith & Nephew (http://global.smith-nephew.com/master/6600.html),  the largest UK-based medical device company, to fund the spinout of Smith & Nephew’s Biologics and Clinical Therapies division and develop a leading global orthopedic…  

About a year ago Amy Belt, Director of Covidien Ventures, approached me with the idea of organizing a group highlighting women leaders in medical devices and diagnostics. After preliminary discussions, I enthusiastically joined the planning committee for what is now known as “MedtechWomen”. The group’s inaugural conference, MedtechVision 2011, will…  

Dr. Phyllis Gardner, Partner with Essex Woodlands, addresses the current funding gap for start-ups, the effect of the economy on investors, and the switch to more risk-averse funding strategies. She also offers practical advice to company leaders who must solicit funding to develop their platforms and products despite an ever-shrinking…  

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—Medical researchers have long navigated an uneasy course between industry and academe. Recently, with attention increasingly placed on issues of conflict of interest, the pressure has grown to attenuate if not break ties between the two. But unique truths lie in the boundary waters; here, four leaders from the…  

MassDevice.com announces its picks for the five most innovative CEOs in the medical device industry.

Naming someone the “most innovative” in an industry as cutting-edge as med-tech, as we do here as part of our Big 100 list of the largest medical device makers makers, is sure to stir up…