The Business of Eye Innovation

In this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we discuss what is happening with MDR in Europe .   Learn more about our guests: Kristine Morrill - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamorrill/   Merlin Rietschel - https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtech-europe/   Eric Vollebregt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvollebregt/?originalSubdomain=nl   Gert Boss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gertbos/?originalSubdomain=...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, Prof Burkhard Dick talks with Kris Morrill about the impact on eyecare from our living longer, as more patients present with neurological diseases including dementia, which is often not diagnosed.   > Learn more + key takeaways

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we’re reflecting on the significance of the IOL in modern eye care and the impact created by it’s invention 75 years ago. Together with Tim Clover (CEO fo Rayner), David Lockington (president-elect UKISCRS), and Paul Ursell (incumbent president UKISCRS), we discuss what the IOL has meant for the evolution of eye care, and how our field is celebrating this impor...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we talk with the new president of ESCRS, Dr. Filomena Ribeiro, about the ESCRS Year of Diversity initiative for 2024 and the upcoming Winter Meeting in Frankfurt. Speakers: Kristine Morrill , Founder and President of Medevise Consulting Filomena Ribeiro , President of ESCRS Key Takeaways: 2024 will be the year of promoting diversity and inclusivity for ESCRS Di...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we’re talking about Americans doing business in France. Specifically, what American medtech and healthcare businesses should consider when weighing a location in the region of Alsace. We are joined by three American professionals who each have deep experience working and growing businesses in France. Together they’re discussing the cultural, logistic, and talen...

This is the follow-up to our last episode of the BOEI Podcast, Transforming Clinical Data into a Peer-Reviewed Article (Part 1) . In this Part 2, we talk with Dr. Angeli Yu, Cornea Fellow at the University of Ferrara, about how to structure collected data and perform data analysis and interpretation for a peer-reviewed article. As in the last episode, Dr. Yu is joined by Clotilde Jumelle, who is a...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we hear expert advice on how to develop a successful clinical manuscript for peer review from Prof. Dr. Stephanie Joachim, who is Head of Experimental Eye Research at Rurh University in Buchum. Dr. Joachim is highly published and serves as an editorial board member on several scientific journals, in addition to her clinical work and translational research. She...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, the Medevise board of directors takes a look back over the last two years since the company was founded to reflect on the original mission, the market need that Medevise fills, its rapid growth, and the vision for what’s next.  Speakers: Kristine Morrill, Founder and President of Medevise Consulting Paul Bikard , Chief Financial Officer Bernie Haffey , Board Me...

Strasbourg is one of Europe’s key centers for medtech growth and innovation, and the NextMed campus is one of the city’s primary incubators, bringing together medtech start-ups, surgeons, researchers, and students to develop cutting edge technologies and innovations. On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, Kris Morrill talks with NextMed Director Nicolas Pellerin about the significance of the NextMed...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, we’re chatting with three members of the Medevise clinical team about their backgrounds and how they successfully manage clinical studies for our clients. Speakers: Kristine Morrill, Founder and President of Medevise Consulting Claire Holtzinger , Clinical Project Manager Xavier Martin Benlloch , Clinical Project Manager Anne-Sophie Wilding , Clinical Scientist...

Dr. Arthur Cummings surveyed some of Europe’s top ophthalmic experts about the innovations they’re most excited about. Dr. Arthur Cummings recently polled several of his European colleagues about the cutting-edge technologies and tools that they’re most excited about right now to share at the AECOS conference in Aspen, Colorado. And now, he’s sharing these exciting insights with us on this episode...

Facing Europe’s MDR Head-On Clearing Up Misconceptions + Looking to the Future of Medical Device Regulations in Europe We’re talking all about the MDR (the European medical device regulations), including the impact for manufacturers of the most recent vote by the European Parliament to extend the MDR transition periods. The MDR is not on hold, and it isn’t the extension that some manufacturers thi...

On this episode of the BOEI Podcast, Founder and President of Medevise Consulting, Kristine Morrill, sits down with Professor Eve J. Higginbotham , the Vice Dean for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, Senior Fellow, LDI of Health Economics, and glaucoma specialist and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Mor M. Dickman , a cornea specialist with Maastricht University...

Episode 8 of the Business of Eye Innovation Podcast brings together ESCRS Practice Management & Development Program creators – Mr. Paul Rosen, Chair Trustees ESCRS, Past President ESCRS and Chair ESCRS Practice Management&Development Committee, and Colin Kerr, Project Manager, ESCRS Practice Management & Development Program – with their collaborator, our own President & Founder, Kristine Morrill....

On this episode of the Business of Eye Innovation Podcast, Medevise Director of Medical Communications and Marketing, Rebecca Rose, talks with LumiThera Co-Founder, President, and CEO Dr. Clark Tedford about the company’s plans for the upcoming DOC congress, their Valeda Light Delivery System, and the LIGHTSITE III study.  Key takeaways:  LumiThera’s Valeda Light Delivery System uses the exciting...

Join host Kris Morrill, the Founder and President of Medevise Consulting with 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, as she speaks to Joe Mandato, a partner at DeNovo Ventures and a recognized leader in the field of life sciences. Joe is active on several boards in the healthcare industry and serves as a lecturer at Stanford University, where he teaches an undergraduate course on Medical...

Join host Kris Morrill, the Founder and President of Medevise with 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, as she speaks to Erik Vollebregt, a Partner at Axon Lawyers who specializes in EU and national legal and regulatory issues relating to medical devices, including eHealth, mHealth, software and protection of personal data. He is an expert in life sciences regulation at EU and Dutch lev...

The Business of Eye Innovation podcast speaks to Bernie Haffey, physics teacher and sports coach turned ophthalmology entrepreneur, management consultant and author about his new book, career highlights, what it takes to create a High Performance Management System.    Discover: What a High Performance Management System (HMPS) is; What dance and choreography have to do with a company that is perfor...

The Business of Eye Innovation podcast takes an in-depth look at clinical trials – looking at the need for them as well as what it takes to be a leading site for these involved studies. Host Victor Benedetti talks with Dr. Vance Thompson, a leading ophthalmologist specializing in cataract surgery and Keeley Puls-Boever who oversees clinical trials at Vance Thompson Vision.   Dr. Thompson speaks ab...

In our second episode of The Business of Eye Innovation, we lift the lid on the re-imagination of British ophthalmology stalwart, Rayner Intraocular Lenses, as Medevise Founder, Kris Morrill, speaks to the inspiring duo of CEO, Tim Clover and VP of Marketing, Chris Willis. Discover how this 111-year-old former chain of retail opticians and quiet pioneer of the IOL has transitioned into a high-tech...

New ideas might be easy to come by, but how to best commercialize them can be a tougher question. What steps do you need to take to bring innovative ophthalmic technologies into the European market? How do you deal with regulations in multiple countries? And how do you navigate that all-important path to reimbursement? To answer these questions and more, we talk with the founders of an exciting ne...