MDIC names Murray president and CEO

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium in Minneapolis has named William Murray its president and CEO, effective Aug. 12.

MDIC, a public-private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration and the medical device industry, functions with the purpose of improving product safety and performance through the application of regulatory science. And Murray, 52, brings to the organization more than 25 years of executive leadership experience within the medical device industry. Most recently, he served as CEO of Envoy Medical, which produces the only FDA-approved fully implanted active middle ear hearing device.

“We are excited to have Bill Murray leading the MDIC initiative,” MDIC Chairman William Hawkins said in a news release. “Bill brings tremendous energy, passion and influence to this important role. He is a highly accomplished executive from the medical device and diagnostics industry with a track record of success in leading large, medium and small companies.”

Murray succeeds interim Executive Director Dale Wahlstrom, who will continue to serve on MDIC's board of directors, and who will return to his full-time role as president and CEO of LifeScience Alley and The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota.

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