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Medtech Investors Gain When The Compass Points To Patients

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Seasoned business developer and investor Oern Stuge has worked with the very biggest in medtech in a career spanning over three decades. He bemoans the harm that European policymakers are doing to the one-time capital of the world of medtech innovation. But on the other hand, he knows that the best ideas have a habit of succeeding, regardless of geography.

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Oern Stuge is a player in and champion of the European medtech ecosystem. He has built a successful and varied career, including at Abbott and Medtronic, by identifying innovations and developing opportunities that enhance patient care. He has carried those skills forward into his own company, Orsco Life Sciences AG, which is a platform for investment and a networking vehicle for other stakeholders that have value to add and solutions to bring to the table.

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