Innovating for Niche Populations with Eric Chehab and James Wall

Niche markets and small populations don’t get the attention they need for medtech and healthcare. Medtech Talk host Swaril Mathur speaks with Eric Chehab, founder and former CEO of Novonate and director of business development of Laborie OB/GYN/NICU, and James Wall, pediatric surgeon and founder of Impact1 at Stanford University, about how they’re bringing medtech innovation to small patient populations. They delve into their experiences of founding their own niche market companies and the lessons learned, including how they navigated commercialization and acquisition processes, convinced the right investors, determined capital efficiency, and more. They also share their thoughts on investors who think niche solutions for niche markets are uninteresting. Medtech Talk Links: Cambridge Healthtech Institute Medtech Talk Gilde Healthcare MicroTransponderLinks: MicroTransponder Stanford University Links: Stanford Healthcare Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Stanford University Laborie Links: Laborie

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Innovating for Niche Populations with Eric Chehab and James Wall is an episode from Medtech Talk by Healthegy.

This episode is 50:04 long.

This episode was published on Jul 29, 2025.

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