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Clarify Medical plans to sell its phototherapy device for $800 or $39/month

Jim Sweeney · 641: He Has $25B In Medical Tech Exits, $2B Raised, He's Sitting On PhotoTherapy $1b+ Bet Now with CEO Jim Sweeney · Apr 26, 2017 · at 7:47

Jim Sweeney, CEO of Clarify Medical, outlines the go-to-market pricing model for their connected at-home phototherapy device.

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“It'll sell for 800 dollars or about 70% of the people we polled would rather buy it on a Monthly basis, it'll be about 39 dollars a month to lease it or to buy it on over time.”

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