BeaconOne Healthcare Partners Co-Founders and Managing Partners Thomas Goss and Rob Wenthold recently returned from a week in Singapore, Tokyo, and Osaka where they met with executives from start-ups and leading multinational companies, hospital providers, investors and government and university-based representatives of innovation hubs, to support expanding global access to medical technology innovations developed in the region.
The week kicked off at the LSI Asia Emerging MedTech Summit in Singapore, an outstanding gathering of the global medical technology community. Tom and Rob met with numerous companies seeking US reimbursement and market access support, while reconnecting with former colleagues and regional partners. On Day 2 of the conference, Tom was a panelist in one of the featured sessions.
In Tokyo, they returned to the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry meeting representatives to continue previous discussions on supporting international expansion of Japan-based medical technology innovations.
And finally, in Osaka, they reconnected with Masakazu Yagi, program director of Japan Biodesign, Hirozumi Sasakura, CEO of VentEase, Inc, and Yumi Kinebuchi, head of AI Digital Device Innovation at National Cancer Center Hospital, and met several current faculty and graduates of Japan Biodesign and Osaka University for an engaging networking dinner before delivering a lecture the following morning.