After AdvaMed, Yared Takes Helm Of MDIC Board
Executive Summary
CVRx CEO Nadim Yared has moved up on the board of directors at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium as its new chair. The public-private partnership group that formed in 2012 has been effective in working with the US Food and Drug Administration to develop new regulations.
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