ARTICLE SUMMARY:
The announcement a couple of weeks ago that Qualcomm and GlaxoSmithKline had launched a $3 billion fund to invest in medtech start-ups caused our Editor-in-Chief to question the definition of a medical device company, these days. Healthcare Reform, the industry overlap of connected health, and the disruption of old business models call for us to think more broadly about the role of the medical device industry.
The announcement a couple of weeks ago that Qualcomm Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline plc had launched a $3 billion fund to invest in medtech start-ups made me pause.
