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Podcast: Nadim Yared Hits The Ground Running As AdvaMed Chair

In a podcast interview to discuss his initial experience as chairman of AdvaMed, CVRx CEO Nadim Yared talks about the group's laser focus on device-tax repeal, irrespective of broader GOP health-care debates and controversy, its capacity to handle unpredictability and change in Washington, DC, and more.

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With almost two months under his belt as the chairman of AdvaMed's board, Nadim Yared spoke to Medtech Insight about what he's learned and what he's focusing on in that role.

Yared is CEO of CVRx Inc., a Minnesota-based firm developing a novel implantable device for high blood pressure and heart failure. That makes him the first small-company CEO ever...

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