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  • Materials
    Advancing Infection Prevention Tools

    Advancing Infection Prevention Tools

    The applications and benefits of porous polymer materials and components.
    Online Exclusives Jack Chan, Global Marketing Director, Porex 01.17.20
  • ResMed Pays Over $37.5M to Settle Kickback Allegations

    ResMed Pays Over $37.5M to Settle Kickback Allegations

    The agreement resolves five lawsuits originally brought by whistleblowers.
    United States Department of Justice 01.16.20
  • R&D & Design | Software & IT
    How Gamification Is a Boon to Medtech and Edtech

    How Gamification Is a Boon to Medtech and Edtech

    The positive attributes of gamification and why it works.
    Online Exclusives Kelly Choo, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of Neeuro Pte Ltd. 01.16.20
  • HIPAA and Med Devices: Where the Crossroads Meet

    HIPAA and Med Devices: Where the Crossroads Meet

    Think HIPAA compliance is optional? Think again.
    Online Exclusives Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack 01.15.20
  • 5 Tips to Raise Investor Interest and Fund Your Medical Device

    5 Tips to Raise Investor Interest and Fund Your Medical Device

    Make your startup more attractive to investors.
    Online Exclusives Jon Speer, Founder of Greenlight Guru 01.15.20
  • Master the Secret Weapon for Product Performance: An Introduction to Porous Polymers

    Master the Secret Weapon for Product Performance: An Introduction to Porous Polymers

    Join Avi Robbins, Porex vice president of product development and R&D, for an exclusive MPO webinar on March 4th, 2020 at 2:00 PM ET
    01.15.20
  • Patient Monitoring
    Masimo Buys Nant Health

    Masimo Buys Nant Health's Connected Care Biz

    NantHealth’s Connected Care solutions provide medical device interoperability to hospitals and health systems.
    Business Wire 01.14.20
  • 3 Reasons Why Innovation Is the New Mandate in Healthcare

    3 Reasons Why Innovation Is the New Mandate in Healthcare

    How the legacy view of healthcare is being disrupted by new trends.
    Online Exclusives Nicholas Webb, Author of The Innovation Mandate 01.14.20
  • Cardiovascular | Patient Monitoring
    Masimo Claims Apple Stole Health Monitoring Tech for Apple Watch

    Masimo Claims Apple Stole Health Monitoring Tech for Apple Watch

    Masimo has filed a patent infringement lawsuit and alleges poaching of trade secrets.
    Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 01.10.20
  • Surgical
    Symmetry Surgical Buys The O.R. Company

    Symmetry Surgical Buys The O.R. Company

    Symmetry gains surgical devices from niche consumables and proprietary surgical instruments for minimally invasive and open surgery.
    PR Newswire 01.09.20
  • Digital Health | Electronics | Neurological | Patient Monitoring | Software & IT
    12 Health Tech Hits from CES 2020

    12 Health Tech Hits from CES 2020

    Digital health technologies make a strong showing at this year's CES.
    Slideshows Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 01.08.20
  • Software & IT
    Days of Future Past: Predictions for MDR Supplier Success

    Days of Future Past: Predictions for MDR Supplier Success

    Vertical specialization, quality systems-based production, supplier scale, advanced automation solutions, and entrepreneurial focus are a winning combination.
    Online Exclusives Marc Miller, Division President, TransPerfect Medical Device Solutions 01.06.20
  • Illumina & Pacific Biosciences Terminate $1.2B Merger

    Illumina & Pacific Biosciences Terminate $1.2B Merger

    Illumina will pay Pacific Biosciences a termination fee of $98 million.
    Business Wire 01.03.20
  • Laborie Medical Technologies to Acquire Clinical Innovations

    Laborie Medical Technologies to Acquire Clinical Innovations

    The deal will strengthen Laborie’s global presence in the L&D and NICU specialty markets.
    Clinical Innovations 01.02.20
  • Medical Device Tax Is Officially Eliminated

    Medical Device Tax Is Officially Eliminated

    President Trump signed into law the 2020 spending bill, repealing the tax.
    Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 12.23.19
  • Diagnostics
    Fujifilm to Acquire Hitachi’s Diagnostic Imaging-Related Business

    Fujifilm to Acquire Hitachi’s Diagnostic Imaging-Related Business

    Fujifilm will accelerate growth of its healthcare business.
    Fujifilm 12.20.19
  • Surgical
    Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Acquire Remaining Stake in Verb Surgical Inc.

    Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Acquire Remaining Stake in Verb Surgical Inc.

    Acquisition advances its vision to make medical intervention smarter, less invasive and more personalized.
    Johnson & Johnson 12.20.19
  • Materials
    Avoiding Problems While Collaborating in the Medical Textile Industry

    Avoiding Problems While Collaborating in the Medical Textile Industry

    When to include or exclude an inventor from a patent application.
    Online Exclusives Mareesa Frederick and Courtney Bolin, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP 12.19.19
  • FTC Challenges Genome Sequencer Illumina

    FTC Challenges Genome Sequencer Illumina's $1.2B PacBio Acquisition

    Agency alleges acquisition would eliminate a nascent competitive threat to maintain Illumina’s monopoly in next-generation DNA sequencing systems.
    Federal Trade Commission 12.18.19
  • Medtronic Recalls SynchroMed II Infusion Pump

    Medtronic Recalls SynchroMed II Infusion Pump

    Foreign particles may be present inside the pump motor assembly, which may lead to a pump motor stall.
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration 12.17.19