{"id":33083,"date":"2020-03-13T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33083"},"modified":"2020-03-16T10:48:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T14:48:09","slug":"ceo-angiodynamics-is-making-changes-to-position-itself-for-a-stronger-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/03\/ceo-angiodynamics-is-making-changes-to-position-itself-for-a-stronger-future\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO: AngioDynamics Is Making Changes To Position Itself For A Stronger Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33084\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/03\/edc-breakfast-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/03\/edc-breakfast-hc.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/03\/edc-breakfast-hc-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/03\/edc-breakfast-hc-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Clemmer, center, AngioDynamics CEO, speaks at the EDC Warren County Economic Outlook breakfast with Ed Bartholomew and Heather Briccetti looking on.<br \/>Andrea Harwood Palmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By R.J. DeLuke<br \/>\nAngioDynamics, the medical device manufacturer with facilities in Glens Falls, has stood true to its promise to change\u2014not to become bigger, but better, its CEO said in his remarks at EDC Warren County\u2019s Economic Outlook breakfast in February at the Queensbury Hotel.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to change because we have to,\u201d said Jim Clemmer. \u201cSo that we have a future and not just a past.\u201d<br \/>\nAngioDynamics has some 480 employees based in Warren County, including production sites, offices and a distribution center in Glens Falls and Queensbury. According to Clemmer, the company is undergoing a major transition because the delivery of health care services has changed.<br \/>\nHe said the company needs to have the right products that the health care industry needs. To accomplish that, innovation has to proceed at a faster pace. AngioDynamics is investing millions of dollars into research and is also hiring talent that can bring about its goals, and retraining and training current staff.<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cWe are going to use science, not size, to deliver to our customers,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAfter spending two years selling its largest businesses and acquiring four others, AngioDynamics is determined to become a more innovative company focused on higher-margin products.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are not going to be the biggest or largest medical device company. We are not even the largest one in this region,\u201d Clemmer said. \u201cWe want to be the best.\u201d<br \/>\nThe company has developed a treatment for stage 3 pancreatic cancer. Usually patients diagnosed with that cancer have a one-year life expectancy. With the NanoKnife, patients have lived for twice as long and some were cured, though that is rare, he said.<br \/>\nThe company makes the NanoKnife at its Queensbury facility.<br \/>\nBut getting through the FDA for officials approval for the device as a tool against cancer encountered problems. Finally, FDA allowed a study in which anyone who wanted to be treated with the NanoKnife could be treated, and their long-term health results would be compared to the life expectancy of those who do not get that treatment.<br \/>\n\u201cThey don\u2019t usually bend on these things. To their credit, they did,\u201d Clemmer said. It will take about two and a half years to get results, and the company is confident it will make a major difference in the health care field.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the kind of product innovation driving the company, he said.<br \/>\nAlso speaking at the event was Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State. She outlined issues they are addressing with the state Legislature to help small business across the state.<br \/>\nShe said Warren County was \u201cone of the really vibrant communities in Upstate New York, but in terms of job growth, Upstate New York is lagging behind much of the state and the U.S.<br \/>\n\u201cNew York State is outperforming most of the country, but that is entirely due to New York City,\u201d she said. \u201cThe growth is uneven across the state. Basically, it\u2019s the story of different economies across the state.\u201d<br \/>\nAmong her organization\u2019s significant issues of concern in 2020 are the single-payer health care system on the state level.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s highly expensive. It would be paid for by taxes and lose 60,000 jobs,\u201d she said. The possibility of paying more in taxes is not the solution.<br \/>\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense to do it at the state level. We think there\u2019s a better way,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nRegarding all the issues facing small businesses, she urged business leaders at the gathering to speak to state representatives about their problems.<br \/>\n\u201cGet engaged. You guys are the best lobbyists in the world. You are much more convincing than I am,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nOn government in general, Briccetti said \u201cwe need moderates in office. Stop thinking about partisan; start thinking about what they\u2019re saying.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be impossible to elect moderates if we have a knee-jerk reaction of, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re in the other party,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to stop doing that &#8230; We\u2019re all responsible for this division. Is there a middle path to get through some of the policy decisions?\u201d<br \/>\nOverall, Briccetti said the Business Council \u201chas a number of people working on every issue that affects business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By R.J. DeLuke AngioDynamics, the medical device manufacturer with facilities in Glens Falls, has stood true to its promise to change\u2014not to become bigger, but better, its CEO said in his remarks at EDC Warren County\u2019s Economic Outlook breakfast in February at the Queensbury Hotel. \u201cWe\u2019re going to change because we have to,\u201d said Jim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":33084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>CEO: AngioDynamics Is Making Changes To Position Itself For A Stronger Future - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/03\/ceo-angiodynamics-is-making-changes-to-position-itself-for-a-stronger-future\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CEO: AngioDynamics Is Making Changes To Position Itself For A Stronger Future - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By R.J. 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