126 – Combination Products Collaboration, Turnover on MedTech/Pharma Project Teams, and Lessons from working with Intel’s CEO with Mat Stratton, Founder of Coalition Ltd

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March 6, 2024

126 – Combination Products Collaboration, Turnover on MedTech/Pharma Project Teams, and Lessons from working with Intel’s CEO with Mat Stratton, Founder of Coalition Ltd

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Show Notes

On this episode I was joined by Mat Straton, Founder of Coalition Ltd. In this episode, Mat discusses:

Timestamps

  • 01:02 Venturing into Combination Products
  • 02:46 Andy's Journey into Healthcare Space
  • 04:48 Challenges in Deep Brain Stimulation
  • 08:55 The Impact of working with Andy Grove
  • 10:42 The Struggle with Parkinson's Disease
  • 13:20 The Speed of Product Development
  • 16:09 Collaboration Challenges in Combination Product Space
  • 19:17 The Role of Regulatory Teams
  • 23:12 The Importance of Team Formation and Alignment
  • 33:20 The Vision for Coalition
  • 34:44 Conclusion

Prior to founding COALITION, a collaboration consultancy focussed on speeding progress in highly regulated industries, Mat spent 20 years leading companies within the MedTech and Combination Products spaces. Over this time, Mat developed a formula for success on how to turbo charge collaboration and progress where effective cooperation between multiple disciplines is essential. The key learnings from many successes and plenty of challenges have been distilled in to the approach at the core of COALITION's services and detailed in Mat's upcoming book – "Collaboration – where it's difficult, it's vital."

Email: mat.stratton@coalition.ltd

Website: www.coalition.ltd

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