Interview with Lise Kagenow: Inventor and Entrepreneur
March 2008
Interview with Lise Kagenow: Inventor and Entrepreneur
In this exclusive interview, Fintan Walton talks to Lise Kagenow, Managing Director of Novarix.
Interview with Lise Kagenow: Inventor and Entrepreneur
Fintan Walton talks to Lise Kagenow, Managing Director of Novarix. Lise explains how her early career prompted her to become an inventor and entrepreneur and set up Novarix as a company. She goes on to talk in more detail about her first invention Stabi-Line™: a patented medical device to stabilise iv infusion lines. They discuss the steps involved in bringing an invention to market - from developing the idea and raising finance, to licensing the product for commercialisation. The interview concludes with Lise talking about the ‘Innovation Advisory Service’ scheme which she established to provide advice to budding inventors.
About Lise Kagenow
Lise Kagenow is Managing Director of the Oxford, UK-based company Novarix. Following her career as a qualified nurse in Denmark, she gained an MSc in Economics then became Estates Manager for a large pharmaceutical company. She originally moved to Oxford to study for a PhD in Economics. Lise has used this combined experience to become both an inventor and an entrepreneur.
About Novarix
Novarix Ltd is an innovative company delivering new products to benefit the worldwide healthcare sector. It is located in Oxford, UK, which is home to one of the UK’s largest teaching hospitals (the John Radcliffe Hospital). The company’s first product to market was Stabi-Line™, a single-use medical device that stabilises iv infusion lines to prevent kinking, increase patient mobility and prolong the lifetime of the iv cannula. The company has a product development pipeline focused on addressing other clinical areas and producing efficient and effective medical devices.
