Medtech Insights from APAC

Host Ajay Nair interviews Virpi Muhonen, CEO and Founder of Askel Healthcare. Askel Healthcare is a Finnish medical technology company poised to revolutionize surgical knee cartilage treatment and recovery. Their mission is to keep people moving with their COPLA® implant, a groundbreaking innovation designed for the repair of knee cartilage defects. Here Virpi talks about going from a cell biologist to a MedTech entrepreneur and the journey that she and her company have been on.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Fredrik Nyberg, Managing Director of MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific. MedTech Innovator is the world's largest accelerator of startups in medical devices, digital health and in-vitro diagnostics. To date 717 alumni companies have gone on to raise $8.7B in follow-on funding. The Asia Pacific program was launched in 2019 and in this episode, Fredrik discusses his long executive history and how excited he is about the future of MedTech in the APAC region.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Peter Quinlan, Managing Director at Baxter Healthcare, Greater Asia on his career journey and reflections on leadership. Peter transitioned from a clinical background to a 17-year career with Philips Healthcare. Now as he leads the Greater Asia organization for Baxter Healthcare, he and Ajay Nair reflect on the role choices, mentors and opportunities have played in mapping out this path.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Bruno Occhipinti, CEO of Qritive. Qritive develops AI-powered solutions that enable histopathologic diagnosis of cancer at scale. Their clinical-decision support system for pathologists unlocks efficiency and quality gain in diagnosis, which results in better patient outcomes. It includes AI Modules, an Image Management System platform (Pantheon), and a network of pathologists on-demand for services.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Adam Clark, CEO of IMRA Surgical (International Medical Robotics Academy). IMRA is a center of excellence, based in Melbourne that embraces new technology, adapts to the changing education needs of modern surgeons, and delivers robotic surgical training. Their education method progresses surgeons through a linear robotic surgical training curriculum using online education, virtual reality, 3D videos, simulators, and advanced synthetic organ models.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Dr. Natalie Garzorz-Stark, founding CEO of DermaGnostix. Dermagnostix provides unique diagnostic tests for unmet clinical needs in dermatology on a fully automated portable laboratory. Their first CE-IVD product, PsorX offers the first in-class molecular test for differential diagnosis of psoriasis and eczema.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Fouad Al-Noor, Co-founder & CEO of ThinkSono. ThinkSono Guidance enables any healthcare professional to perform Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) ultrasound scans at the point of care. It uses AI to guide the user through a 2-region compression ultrasound examination. Currently approved in the UK and EU.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Dr. Arjun Kaushik, Founder & CEO of VitalTrace. Founded in Australia, VitalTrace is introducing new technology to accurately detect fetal distress by providing obstetricians with real-time lactate data with an easy to use biosensor.

Host Ajay Nair interviews Nikhilesh Bappoo, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of VeinTech. Founded in Australia, the company is positioned to solve a common pain-point in health care around the world: the high rate of first pass cannulation failure rates. With their ultra-portable handheld vein imaging device, the VeinWise, they aim to help clinicians successfully target the right vein, first time, every time.