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title: "The Generis Speaker Spotlight: Palani Palaniappan, EVP Innovation & Development - TerumoBCT • Generis"
description: We are thrilled to have Palani Palaniappan joining us at the American Medical Device Summit, held in Chicago from October 4-5, where he will be discussing “The Democratization of Healthcare Technologies”. Palani brings more than 25 years of experience in product and project development, engineering, scientific research, and global business and technology management. We sat down with him in advance of the event to talk about how leapfrogging technologies in emerging market share providing more and more people with access to healthcare, how companies can design medical devices to suit the needs of people in emerging markets,and how innovation in the developing world is, in turn, influencing product innovation in developed markets. To read the full interview, click here.
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# The Generis Speaker Spotlight: Palani Palaniappan, EVP Innovation & Development – TerumoBCT

- September 29, 2017

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We are thrilled to have Palani Palaniappan joining us at the American Medical Device Summit, held in Chicago from October 4-5, where he will be discussing “The Democratization of Healthcare Technologies”. Palani brings more than 25 years of experience in product and project development, engineering, scientific research, and global business and technology management. We sat down with him in advance of the event to talk about how leapfrogging technologies in emerging market share providing more and more people with access to healthcare, how companies can design medical devices to suit the needs of people in emerging markets,and how innovation in the developing world is, in turn, influencing product innovation in developed markets.

To read the full interview, [click here.](https://generisgp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Speaker-Spotlight-Palani-Palaniappan-Sept-2017.pdf)

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