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PBN: After years of promise, R.I. medtech sector emerging from Boston’s shadow

After working for a large company for more than a decade, Dom Messerli was on his own for the first time in 2016.

He’d just launched a medical-technology startup out of his Bristol home specializing in spinal implants. A lot of work remained between the implant concept and the market, including clearing regulatory hurdles, and Messerli felt isolated.

“I was struggling, because I didn’t know anyone in the field,” he said. “I felt like I was this lonely guy in the medtech industry, and I just didn’t feel that there was anyone … who was doing the same thing.”

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PBN: R.I.’s medtech innovators get much-needed support

FRESH ideas are at the core of the medical-technology industry, but as Aidan Petrie saw during his tenure as chief innovation officer at Providence-based Ximedica LLC, even the most dazzling concepts are dependent on knowing how to navigate a highly regulated field. Education can mean the difference between an idea that never takes off and…

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