MedTech
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Iowa Startup Week
What is Iowa Startup Week? Kaylee is joined by Safiya Lee-Evans and Tej Dhawan, co-organizers of Iowa’s inaugural Startup Week, taking place September 29 through October 1st in Des Moines. The three discuss the vision, structure, and significance of bringing a Startup Week model to Iowa for the very first time. Tej explains why the…
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Inhalable, Room-Temp, Needle-Free: Immuno‑Nanomed’s Vaccine Moonshot
On this episode of the Iowa Tech Podcast, host Kaylee sits down with Dr. Balaji Narasimhan, CEO and founder of ImmunoNanoMed, to explore a moonshot innovation: a dry-powder, needle-free vaccine platform called “powder wax” that’s inhaled through the nose. Balaji explains how their particle-based technology could deliver stronger, faster mucosal immunity right where respiratory pathogens…
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Pivoting in Biotech with Dr. Tony Vanden Bush of Syntherna
On this episode of the Iowa Tech Podcast, host Kaylee Williams welcomes back Dr. Tony Vanden Bush, CEO of Syntherna, for a candid look at how the biotech startup has navigated a shifting market. Since their last chat in August 2024, attitudes toward RNA vaccines have cooled and animal-health regulatory timelines have lengthened – two…
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How AI is driving the future of healthcare with Dr. John Cromwell and Buddy Lyons of ENTAC Medical
In a recent episode of the Iowa Tech podcast, host Kaylee welcomed Buddy Lyons and Dr. John Cromwell, co-founders of ENTAC Medical, to discuss their groundbreaking work in health tech innovation. ENTAC Medical, co-founded by Lyons, the CEO, and Cromwell, the Chief Medical Officer and CTO, is pioneering predictive healthcare technology through their device, Previs…
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Building a MedTech Giant in Iowa with Dr. Melissa Bates
IIn this episode of the Iowa Tech podcast, host Kaylee Williams interviews Dr. Melissa Bates, CEO and founder of LSF Medical Solutions, about her journey from academia to entrepreneurship and the development of her flagship product, Pneumero. Dr. Bates, originally from Los Angeles, recounts her academic path, which included studying at the University of California…