
Business Trip
Business Trip tells the story of businesses at the frontier of mental health and brain health. Each episode features founders, investors, and researchers in psychedelics, neurotechnology, metabolic psychiatry, digital therapeutics, and more.
Business Trip
Navigating FDA clinical trials in Neurotech with Tim Marjenin
Greg and Matias interview Tim Marjenin, a regulatory consultant at MCRA with 16 years of experience at the FDA, to discuss the regulatory landscape for neurotechnology devices.
Tim provides insights into the FDA approval process for neurotech devices, drawing from his extensive experience on the FDA's Neurostimulation-Neurology Devices Team. The episode explores the evolving field of neurotechnology and its regulatory challenges.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Different regulatory pathways for neurological devices (510(k), De Novo, PMA)
- FDA's approach to novel neurotechnologies like brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)
- Considerations for invasive vs. non-invasive neurotech devices
- The importance of cybersecurity in neurotechnology
- Common mistakes companies make in the regulatory process and how to avoid them
- The potential future of neurotechnology, including human augmentation and telepathy
Created by Greg Kubin and Matias Serebrinsky
Host: Matias Serebrinsky & Greg Kubin
Produced by Jonathan A. Davis, Nico V. Rey & Caitlin Ner
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Theme music by Dorian Love
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