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June 2013

Online Exclusive: Snapshots from MPO Summit 2013 in Salt Lake City



The Medtech Outsourcing (R)Evolution


MPO celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a look at how the medical device outsourcing market has transformed during the last decade.


Christopher Delporte



Online Exclusive: Changing Orthopedic Devices Inspire Sterilization and Packaging Creativity


Ranica Arrowsmith, Associate Editor



Online Exclusive: Mock Recalls: The Most Important Way to Strengthen Supply Chain Recall Readiness


Mike Rozembajgier



A Decade of Discovery


The pace of medtech innovation since 2003 has turned the industry into an unrecognizable version of its former self.


Michael Barbella



Molding Mergers


Including molders as valued partners during the device design process is critical for success.


Mark Crawford



Keeping Pace with Progress


Contract packaging and sterilization providers have to respond with lightning speed to changes in OEM customer demands.


Ranica Arrowsmith



Disruptions in Healthcare from Smartphones & Tablets, Part One


As competitive differentiation becomes harder in the medical device market, firms must explore value-chain collaboration for next-generation, connected medical devices.


Ralph Hugeneck and Donna Fedor



May 2013

Full-Service Outsourcing: The Same, Only More So


Leading medical device contract manufacturing and service executives discuss the outsourcing sector, market trends and demands, and what it takes to be a truly full-service provider.


Christopher Delporte and Michael Barbella



Quality Design = Quality Product


The use of "poka-yoke" can improve medical device design and manufacturing.


Jim Shore



Medtech's Industrial Building Blocks


Regions leverage traditional industries and strengths to grow, bolster and attract medical technology companies.


Ranica Arrowsmith



The Case for Quality


Complying with FDA regulations does not guarantee a quality system or product.


Michael Barbella



The Rise and Fall of a Blockbuster Market


The upcoming 10th anniversary of MPO prompted a look back at one of the medical device market's biggest game-changing technologies of the past decade. What a difference a few years can make.


Michael Barbella



April 2013

Extrusion Providers Push Technology's Limits


A host of clinical and regulatory factors are re-shaping the must-haves that OEMs expect from their extrusion suppliers.


Mark Crawford



Online Exclusive: New Data Collection Venture Promises to Improve Device Efficacy and Lower Costs


Data will come from hospitals and UnitedHealthcare's coverage claims.


Ranica Arrowsmith, Associate Editor



Medtech Materials: Mixing it Up


Cost pressures and demands for portability and device miniaturization are prompting the creation of 'new' materials through blending and compounding.


Michael Barbella



Manufacturing Engineering Gives Your Product Development Wings


Manufacturing engineering can help your next project take off by avoiding delays, reducing cost or poor quality, and increasing product performance and value.


Danius Silkaitis



Reaching the Summit in Salt Lake City


MPO's upcoming conference is designed to help medtech manufacturers come together to move mountains.


MPO Staff Report



Perfecting Pump Performance


Using advanced computer simulation software can accurately and cost-effectively determine the performance of peristaltic pump applications.


Robert D. Schwenker and Aaron Updegrove



March 2013

Stretching Testing's Limits


OEMs are relying on third-party testers for more services, including help to keep the FDA at bay.


Mark Crawford



Surviving in the Medical Device Supply Chain's Evolving Ecosystem


A medtech supply chain veteran offers his recipe for properly configuring your company's best practices to adapt to today's changing marketplace.


Chris Oleksy



Agents of Change


Risk assessment and quality management software are still dominant choices in the medical device industry, but a growing number of companies are betting their future on the


Michael Barbella



Fine Tuning Regulatory and Validation Practices


Get it in writing: Refining processes and beefing up documentation are key as suppliers deal with expanding expectations from regulators and customers.


Jim Stommen



January/February 2013

An Evolving Charge


A host of factors—miniaturization, taxation and even the “consumerization” of electronics, to name a few—are impacting EMS providers’ role in medical device manufacturing.


Mark Crawford



Online Exclusive: Is R&D the Next Sacrificial Lamb?


The medical device industry may finally be facing its Waterloo.


Michael Barbella, Managing Editor



Online Exclusive: CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Sunshine Rule


Are contract manufacturers now on the hook?


Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director, Medical Devices



Online Exclusive: New Data Collection Venture Promises to Improve Device Efficacy and Lower Costs


Data will come from hospitals and UnitedHealthcare's coverage claims.


Ranica Arrowsmith, Associate Editor



Change for the Better


Machining and laser processing suppliers are constantly adapting their offerings and changing the way they do business in order to meet heightened expectations from medical device OEMs.


Erik Swain



Opening the Door to Innovation


Rising healthcare costs, increased competition and longer lifespans are forcing medtech manufacturers to adopt new R&D models based on shared ideas and crowdsourcing.


Michael Barbella



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