Can Fractyl Labs and Cala Health go where only drugs have gone before?

Can Fractyl Labs and Cala Health go where only drugs have gone before?
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Can Fractyl Labs and Cala Health go where only drugs have gone before?

Aug 21 2020 | 00:50:41

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Episode August 21, 2020 00:50:41

Hosted By

Kayleen Brown Tom Salemi

Show Notes

In this week’s episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, co-hosts Tom Salemi, editorial director of DeviceTalks, and Chris Newmarker, executive editor of life sciences, review this week's Top 5 medtech stories, aka “Newmarker’s Newsmakers,” with news coming from CureVac, Avail Medsystems, ClearMask, Thermo Fisher and Bayer. We also hear from two executives from Fractyl Laboratories — CEO Dr. Harith Rajagopalan and CFO Lisa Davidson — about its recent $55 million Series E round of financing and the strides they're making in developing a device to treat diabetes. In a second interview, Cala Health CEO Renee Ryan gives us an update on the Cala Trio’s clinical success and how the start-up is working through COVID-19. Finally, Chris and Tom hint at an upcoming event for the DTW community.

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