From Lab to Launch by Qualio

Gillian Berry is a qualified clinical nurse specialist and founder of PerCen Technologies. She founded PerCen Technologies in response to challenges she felt were not addressed in Healthcare. It’s aim is to use scientific knowledge and the latest technologies to compliment clinical evidence based practice. PerCen Technologies is supported by the first national Health Innovation Hub of Ireland. 

We love seeing healthcare innovation coming out of Ireland, so we had to talk to Gill.  ;) 

Gill shares her takeaways after co-founding one of the first open source efforts in response to the Covid19 pandemic, the Open Source ventilator project and the Open Source Volunteers Extended network. She managed over 1,000 STEM  professional volunteers, academic institutions, SME’s and Multi-National’s and facilitated 30 projects with a transfer of knowledge and skills. 

It’s amazing what can be accomplished when we network, open source ideas, and collaborate together. Gillian’s story and lessons learned about the power of a network are certainly inspiring and applicable today.

Enjoy!

Show notes

• https://www.teamosv.com/osvx/
• Gill's LinkedIn

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Qualio website:
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For the first time in healthcare, human ambition and technology are starting to intersect and AI is one of the main drivers. Listen in on this episode with Sam Dribin to learn about how AI is evolving to improve healthcare results. 

 Sam Dribin is the Chief Technology Officer for CureMetrix, an AI company focused on solutions that support radiology.

Sam has a diverse background in technology including Biotech software development with expertise in the technical issues facing healthcare and life science companies and laboratories.

For the last five years, he’s been on the forefront evolving artificial intelligence with solutions that are focused on AI-based mammography to improve cancer detection. 

We’ve known Sam and CureMetrix for some time as a customer of Qualio, but today he shares his insight into how AI can impact healthcare such as reducing false-positives and increasing access to healthcare everywhere.

Show notes: 

• https://curemetrix.com/
• Sam Dribin's LinkedIn
• Radiology Society of North America

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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The story behind HAI Solutions is so inspiring and similar to many life science entrepreneurs who start their companies after personal (and occasionally tragic) experiences.

Nick Perrenoud is one of those entrepreneurs. He's the co-founder of HAI Solutions and led the development and patent for a solution to protect patients from the accidental or negligent contamination of IV anesthesia medications.

Nick learned the importance of protecting patients with sterile IVs, not only as a nurse anesthetist, but also when caring for his adopted son who required IVs for seven years and spent nearly three years in the hospital to, to central line infections. 

He shares many useful insights for any medical device entrepreneur such as how securing patents has helped with fundraising, focusing on your purpose, and being patient-driven. 

Enjoy!

Show notes: 

• https://www.hai-solutions.com/
• HAI Solutions Story
• Nick Perrenoud's LinkedIn

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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Listen to this chat between Qualio CEO, Robert Fenton and Claire Bonaci from Microsoft about how the life science industry is evolving.  We cover a wide of topics and trends based on her expertise and how she aspires to inspire young women interested in STEM and leadership roles.


Guest Bio:
Claire currently serves as Sr. Director of the Pharma sub vertical of the US Health & Life Sciences department at Microsoft. She works in partnership with US life science companies, pharma, and health organizations to create innovative Microsoft solutions specific to the company’s issues affecting their patients and their business.

She brings with her an expertise in the clinical trial and pharmaceutical industry, having been a global study lead on oncology clinical trials at a large pharmaceutical company prior to joining Microsoft. She has deep understanding of the clinical trial value chain and the complex nuances that biotechnology and life science companies experience. She is passionate about the many services and innovations Microsoft has to offer to reduce time to market for new drugs and provide better outcomes to patients.

Claire is also the producer and host of the Confessions of Health Geeks podcast, an industry focused podcast on the biggest trends and pain points in health and life sciences. Claire also has a passion for inspiring young women to be interested in STEM and leadership roles in STEM related fields. 

Show notes: 

• https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/confessions-of-health-geeks/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairebonaci/
• https://entrepreneur.m12.vc/submit
• https://steveblank.com/2013/08/20/reinventing-life-science-startups-medical-devices-and-digital-health/ 

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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Our guest today is Meow-Ludo. He’s an emerging technology evangelist and Chief Scientific Officer at Moth Diagnostics, a company formed in response to the covid pandemic. 

Meow has a background in solving problems using biotechnology and helped found the biohacker movement in Australia. This culminated in the establishment of BioFoundry, Australia's first open access molecular biology lab, with Moth Dx co-founder Adrian Pearce.

Meow has also run for federal parliament with the science party and flux party, advocating for data driven policy and technological improvements to democracy. He is perhaps most well known for one of the world's first cyborg law cases, fighting for the right to use an implanted travel card in his hand that gained worldwide attention.

Lots of takeaways from today’s show. One in particular about having a global mindset. Hope you enjoy. 

Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

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2020 has been an unprecedented year. In times like these, mission-driven companies should challenge themselves to stay focused on their immediate goals while not losing sight of their bigger vision. In an effort to reinforce our mission and demonstrate our values, Qualio is committing to what we call 1% For All Life. Starting this year, Qualio will donate 1% of our annual revenue to improving healthcare access for vulnerable populations.

Qualio's mission is to enable organizations to launch and scale life-saving products. While this supports our core belief that everyone deserves to live a long, happy, and healthy life, we are now expanding our mission by supporting organizations that ensure underserved communities receive the healthcare they need. 

Increasing the quantity and quality of treatment options does little to help those who cannot easily access the existing healthcare system. I saw this first hand while working as a pharmacist in large urban centers, rural communities, and drug addiction services in Ireland's largest prison. It became clear to me that the ability to access quality healthcare has an enormous impact on people's lives, and that we all have an opportunity to make a difference here.

After months of living through a global pandemic, we feel privileged to be able to give something to those that need better healthcare access. Here is where our donations will go in 2020:

• 40% to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Combating COVID-19 Fund
• 40% to the Saint Francis Foundation
• 20% to Qualio Team Member choice (each Qualio team member is given an amount to donate to a cause of their choosing)

To all our wonderful teammates, customers, and partners - thank you from the bottom of our heart for making all of this possible.

Show notes:

• https://www.saintfrancisfoundation.org/
• See more information about From Lab to Launch by Qualio

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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If you have a nose, you should check out this episode.

Dr. Hana Solomon, MD shares her journey from hippie to single-mother to med school to entrepreneur. She's the founder of BeWell Health and inventor of Nasopure, the most comfortable nose wash in the world.

She shares her wisdom to avoid "stupid business mistakes" such as acquiring the right type of patent for your product (e.g., design vs. utility patent)  and being financially braver to go bigger sooner.

Dr. Hana talks about little things, each of us can do to improve our health. Also at the end, she kindly offers a coupon code to get a discount on her nose wash product.

Guest bio:
Dr. Hana Solomon, MD graduated from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine in 1986 and completed the university's pediatric residency program in 1989. For 20 years Dr. Hana has practiced pediatrics at the Solomon Family Medical Clinic in Columbia, Missouri.

Her articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Medscape's webmd.com, About.com, Natural Apathy Digest and other health-related publications. Dr. Hana started BeWell Health in January, 2001. The company's flagship product, Dr. Hana's Nasopure nasal wash systems have helped millions to maintain nasal and sinus health naturally.

Links:

• Nasopure Amazon Store
• www.nasopure.com
• https://www.facebook.com/nasopure.nicer.neti
• Use "QNasopure" coupon code on Amazon
• See more information about From Lab to Launch by Qualio

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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What if the next time you went to the receive healthcare at a clinic or hospital, you came out with an idea to improve the patient's experience? That's what Cinde Dolphin did.

She's a 4x cancer survivor and CEO/founder of KILI Medical Drain Carrier. Between surgeries, she went to a dollar store to begin prototyping a device that would improve her experience as a patient.

Her nurse team loved it. Her doctors loved it. What followed was her journey into entrepreneurship in life sciences.

Cinde shares her with story, which is an inspiring one, from patient to founder.

Guest Bio:
Cinde Dolphin is the CEO and founder of KILI Medical Drain Carrier. She's also a member of the Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators. She likes to challenge the status quo. She's a four time cancer survivor and she's been through nine surgeries. 
Her malady was a catalyst to create a simple, yet elegant solution to manage post-op drains and improve upon the 50 year old conventional protocol, which involved attaching drains using safety pins. 
Cinde enjoys speaking to the medical community, as well as to the general public about the importance of patient innovations or from their experience, the insights they gain, create solutions, which help others with the same medical issues that they suffered. These former patients are determined that others will not have to contend with the problems that they had, and she believes truly in paying it forward. 

Links: 

• https://medicaldraincarrier.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdolphin/
• Educational Fact Sheet
• See more information about From Lab to Launch by Qualio

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

Previous episodes:
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Ron Shigeta is a serial entrepreneur & startup biotech pioneer. He’s also been a serial founder having run startups in AI drug tox detection & synthetic biology. Ron holds a PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University, where he spent his academic research career focusing on secondary metabolic biosynthesis, diabetes, genomics, genetics, structural biology and systems biology.  

As an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, and mentor Ron shares some great insights to anyone who wants to contribute to life sciences. 

Some takeaways:

• Starting a biotech company today is much easier and cheaper than at any other time
• Advice to founders to gain relevancy and trust from investors and get funding
• Biotech investments now are where software was 2+ decades ago

Links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupminute/
• https://www.alix.vc/ron-shigeta
• The Bio Revolution by McKinsey Global Institute 
• See more information about From Lab to Launch by Qualio

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Qualio website:
https://www.qualio.com/

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Welcome to the From Lab to Launch podcast by Qualio. Discover inspiring stories from those on the front lines of life sciences. You’ll hear founders share their insights from launching and scaling their business, investors giving their outlook on funding, industry experts unfolding their latest insights and research, and quality professionals offering advice to navigate the regulatory maze and avoid audit pitfalls.

Episodes are about 30 minutes and published each week on all major podcast players. 

Tune in and leave inspired to bring your life saving products to the world.

If you want to be a guest on the show, fill out this brief application: https://forms.gle/Yp7uKnSXTCPtTdRcA.

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• Keldez

Qualio website:
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Previous episodes:
https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcast

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