Bıçakcılar is one of Turkey’s largest medical technology companies, selling disposables and focusing on the operating room, any hospital’s most profitable part. Souheil A. ElHakim, the company’s CEO, reflects on the company’s 62-year history, their current portfolio and explains how the new European CE mark rules change the way they operate. Moreover, ElHakim explains how he is leveraging his past R&D experience – including work in the development of the first 3D free-hand ultrasound imaging system and the first digital mammography system – to help Bıçakcılar innovate.
Now more than ever, our transformation depends on R&D
