Third-World Lessons for First-World Medical Technology
May 21, 2013 – 10:43 amPeter Blair Henry, dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, recently published a book titled, Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth, that got a fair amount of media attention. His thesis is that emerging economies are applying economic policies nurtured in the developed economies and prospering in the process. Meanwhile, western economies have lost their moorings, and are suffering as a consequence. The book has gotten mixed reviews, but it did start me thinking about other lessons that emerging economies can teach us, specifically in the medical technology space. I bounced the idea off Gunjan Bagla, founder and CEO of Amritt Inc., a global innovation consultancy that has worked with the likes of Covidien, Becton Dickinson, J&J and Roche Diagnostics. He will be speaking at MD&M East during the Globalization, Compliance and Commercialization track. He agrees that emerging markets are rife with teachable moments. Read more…

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