Leaders of burgeoning ophthalmology companies pitched innovations for treating glaucoma, macular degeneration and corneal blindness to potential investors and partners at the LSI Emerging Medtech Summit in Dana Point, CA. Here’s what Medtech Insight heard and learned in on-site interviews with chief executives.
This year’s LSI Emerging Medtech Summit, held from 20-23 March, began in unusally cool, rainy weather for Dana Point, CA.
But inside the posh Monarch Beach Resort the scene was cozier and abuzz with back-to-back start-up presentations, keynotes, and panel...
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