AdvaMed-Chair Exit Interview: Vince Forlenza On Medtech Policy Priorities

BD CEO Vince Forlenza just finished his two-year term as board chairman of AdvaMed. For the most part, his successor will face the same priorities he did during his tenure: repealing the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax and reauthorizing device user fees. Forlenza spoke with Medtech Insight in this podcast interview.

Vince Forlenza

Vince Forlenza, president and CEO of Becton Dickinson & Co., just finished his two-year term as chairman of AdvaMed's board. This month, he handed over the reins to Nadim Yared, CEO of CVRx Inc. (Also see "Q&A With Nadim Yared: AdvaMed's Next Chair On Capital Formation And Global Challenges" - Medtech Insight, 4 August, 2016.)

In an exit- interview podcast with Medtech Insight, Forlenza discussed the experience, his advice for Yared and AdvaMed's approach to...

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