Medical Device Innovators: Get Used to Being Uncomfortable

The latest MEDTECH 2018 conference, New York's largest gathering of bioscience and medical technology leaders, brought together experts in regulatory and policy, innovation and technology, and startup/business acceleration. This year’s event, “Building Bridges to Better Healthcare,” served to build greater collaboration among the state’s leading innovators, educators, and advisers to strengthen the region’s bio/med industry.

The keynote speaker, Sean Swarner, inspired us all with his message of perseverance in the midst of tremendous adversity. That theme carried through as our President, Amy Castronova, moderated the Innovation Spotlight panel where cutting-edge bio/med companies and award-winning CEOs shared what it takes to make innovation happen and truly disrupt a market. Here are some highlights from the session:

What it takes to innovate

Being an innovator takes courage and confidence, especially when it comes to embracing change. All companies have organizational inertia and disruption is not often a welcome sight. Change is often viewed as a negative as it challenges existing processes, standard operating procedures, and organizational structure, which can be unsettling to those within an organization. Organizations that succeed at innovating are mission driven, where everyone on the team believes in the mission and has a real thirst for improving the status quo, despite the inherent challenges.

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