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CNN, 05/28/23COMPANIES TESTING TABLET VERSION OF POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS

Dan Azagury, Biodesign’s Director for Education, Innovation Fellowship, speaks with CNN's Paula Newton about new drugs to curb weight loss and other health benefits. 

MEDTECHDIVE, 05/26/23STANFORD BIODESIGN’S MAKOWER ON EXPEDITING MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR BREAKTHROUGH DEVICES

The director and co-founder of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign has been urging CMS to get patients access to breakthrough devices.

SCOPE BLOG, 05/22/23WHAT’S THE DEALI-O WITH NEW WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS?

Dan Azagury, Biodesign’s Director for Education, Innovation Fellowship, discusses a class of drugs that are prescribed for diabetes but also cause significant weight loss.

STANFORD DAILY, 05/14/23‘IMPULSE’ BIOTECH CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE

The Stanford Students in Biodesign and Biopharma (SSB) club recently hosted their annual conference. This year's theme focused on the personalization of biotechnology, and the event featured Stanford Biodesign's own Ross Venook as one of many speakers and guests.

STAT NEWS, 05/10/23LAWMAKERS PRESS CMS TO RELEASE NEW BREAKTHROUGH DEVICE COVERAGE RULE

Stanford Biodesign’s director, Josh Makower, testified before a health subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, on the ‘valley of death’ increasingly confronting medical technology innovators, where their technologies have received FDA authorization, but often no insurance coverage exists to allow patients to gain access to them for many years, if ever.

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VISIBLE VOICES, 05/1/23JANENE FUERCH NEONATOLOGIST AND BIODESIGN ENTREPRENEUR

In this podcast, Janene Fuerch, assistant director of the Innovation Fellowship, talks about founding the company Emme as a trainee and how she and her co-founder applied Biodesign principles to bring the technology to market.

TECH RADAR, 04/21/23HEALTH GPT HINTS AT A FUTURE OF FITNESS APPS WITH PERSONALIZED ASSISTANTS

Researchers from Stanford Biodesign took generative AI and successfully linked it to an iPhone’s Apple Health app to create HealthGPT.

THE STANFORD DAILY, 04/17/23FROM VR TO MOBILE APPS: HACKATHON PARTICIPANTS DREAM BIG ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

With coaching from Stanford Biodesign faculty and alumni, students from UC Berkeley and Stanford worked to address some of the most critical challenges impacting public health.

THE HILL, 04/11/23WHAT DO COVID-19 AND THE BANKING CRISIS HAVE IN COMMON?  

Stanford Biodesign’s director for policy, Kavita Patel, comments on social trust and why it’s essential to combat a public health crisis.

THE GARY BISBEE SHOW, 04/06/23THE LIFE CYCLE OF INNOVATION 

Stanford Biodesign’s director, Josh Makower, was recently on the Gary Bisbee show to talk about his experiences as an inventor and how leaders and management teams can foster innovation within their organizations.

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