How to Get a Medical Device Startup Off the Ground: Interview with Asha Parekh, CEO of FrontLine Medical Technologies

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In this episode of Medsider Radio, we’re talking with Dr. Asha Parekh, a biomedical engineer and the co-founder & CEO of FrontLine Medical Technologies, a Canadian medical device startup. FrontLine has developed a novel REBOA device that helps trauma patients survive in emergency situations. If you're not familiar, REBOA stands for Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta.In this discussion with Asha, we learn about her medtech journey from early-stage device prototypes to raising venture capital to navigate the global regulatory landscape. But first, here’s a bit more on Asha’s background:Asha has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Western University in Ontario. In 2015, she partnered with Dr. Adam Power, a practicing vascular surgeon, to co-found FrontLine, which makes the COBRA-OS device for trauma patients. Before we jump into the conversation, I wanted to mention a few things:If you’re into learning from proven medtech and healthtech leaders, and want to know when new content and interviews go live, head over to Medsider.com and sign up for our free newsletter. You’ll get access to gated articles, and lots of other interesting healthcare content. Second, if you want even more inside info from proven experts, think about a Medsider premium membership. We talk to experienced healthcare leaders about the nuts and bolts of running a business and bringing products to market. This is your place for valuable knowledge on specific topics like seed funding, prototyping, insurance reimbursement, and positioning a medtech startup for an exit.In addition to the entire back catalog of Medsider interviews over the past decade, Premium members get exclusive Ask Me Anything interviews and masterclasses with some of the world’s most successful medtech founders and executives. Since making the premium memberships available, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many people have signed up. If you’re interested, go to medsider.com/subscribe to learn more.Lastly, here's the link to the full interview with Asha if you'd rather read it instead.

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