In a recent conversation with one of my good friends who has been in the music industry off and on for 20+ years, I realized that there are some glaring similarities between that form of entertainment and med-tech. Consider this quote from my friend if you will: "Nowadays Omar, you have to create a buzz around yourself. You have to get people's attention and do most of the leg work yourself before a major label (distributor) will even look at you, or invest in you." When he said this, I began thinking about how difficult it was to get funding...

There’s an old story about a farmer who lost a horse, and the neighbor said “such bad news.” Then the horse came back with a bunch more in tow, and the neighbor said “such good news!” Then the farmer’s son broke his arm breaking one of the new horses and … well you get the idea. Sometimes you can tell the difference, sometimes not. With that in mind, we examine two stories appearing recently in the pages of Medical Device Daily. CMS; Trustees report is happy, happy The Centers for...

EBS Technologies (Berlin), an emerging firm developing the Next Wave brain stimulation platform for treatment of vision deficits caused by neurological disorders, reported the results of a multi-center, 82-patient clinical trial of the device.