Andrew ElBardissi, partner on Deerfield Management’s medical technologies team, spoke to In Vivo sister publication Medtech Insight about the fund’s investment strategy, the changing face of medtech, and how investment in the life sciences sector will continue to change post-COVID.

Andrew ElBardissi, partner on Deerfield Management’s medical technologies team, spoke to Medtech Insight about the fund’s investment strategy, the changing face of medtech, and how investment in the life sciences sector will continue to change post-COVID.

Hyperfine, which markets the first US FDA-cleared portable MRI system, is facing COVID-related headwinds in bringing its system to hospitals, but CEO Dave Scott says wider adoption of the disruptive solution is inevitable. The company is going public today after combining with the HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp.

HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp, is acquiring Hyperfine, a developer of portable magnetic resonance imaging systems, and Liminal Sciences, which is focused on non-invasive brain monitoring. The new public company will also be called Hyperfine.