Overcoming The Bias Against Medtech Entrepreneurship In Europe: An Interview With Martin Rothman
Executive Summary
Why are European physicians so far ahead of the curve when it comes to innovative clinical practice and so far behind when it comes to creating companies? Interventional cardiologist and serial entrepreneur Martin Rothman offers some answers.
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