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Surgical

Rethink Your Medtech ASC Strategy, Part 1

ASCs have adopted a strategy to focus on predictable, low-risk procedures with lower complication rates in an out-of-hospital setting.

Maria Shepherd, President and Founder, Medi-Vantage 02.03.21

R&D & Design

Pandemic-Level Playing Field: How COVID-19 Made Space for Progress

Pandemic restrictions may have diminished certain advantages large companies hold over small and mid-sized competitors.

Dawn A. Lissy, President & Founder, Empirical 02.03.21

Tips for Reigniting Your MDR/IVDR Preparation

To get the MDR/IVDR preparation ball rolling again, here are four processes to help refocus on achieving compliance with the updated regulations.

Nicolle Cannon, Founder and CEO, Cannon Quality Group LLC 02.03.21

Materials

Three Major Innovation Opportunities for Biomedical Textiles

Biomedical textiles are gaining significant momentum for use in medical devices to facilitate less invasive surgical procedures.

John Greco, Vice President of Sales, Cortland Biomedical 02.03.21

Contract Manufacturing

Use Vertical Integration to Increase Productivity, Drive Innovation

The concept of vertical integration is simple: a company combining two or more stages of production that would normally be operated by separate companies.

Ryan Lipe, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, MGS 02.03.21

How to Better Prepare for Regulatory Requests and Minimize Impact

Pressure to increase efficiency in medical device development has been prevalent over the past year, especially with the intensified regulatory expectations.

Sandi Schaible, Sherry Parker and Kim Ehman, WuXi AppTec Medical Device Testing 02.03.21

C-Suite Challenges in Medtech’s New Normal

Many of the usual C-Suite management topics that are key to organizational success will remain the same this year.

Florence Joffroy-Black and Dave Sheppard, MedWorld Advisors 02.03.21

COVID-19: Accelerator of a Modern, Data-Driven Supplier Strategy

By the time COVID-19 arrived in the United States, global supply chains were already buckling under a historic level of demand.

Denise Odenkirk, Vice President, Supplier Sales, Global Healthcare Exchange LLC 02.03.21

Fixing Face Mask Form and Function

Masks for the general public are varied in both style and effectiveness.

Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 11.04.20

Cardiovascular

The Heart of the Matter: Trends in Cardiology

Of the three major segments of coronary stents, bioabsorbable stents are expected to have the highest growth between now and 2022.

Maria Shepherd, President and Founder, Medi-Vantage 11.04.20

Virtually the Same? The Challenges of Online Conferences

Like everyone else on the planet, I’m turning increasingly to virtual solutions to our physical challenges in the midst of a pandemic.

Dawn A. Lissy, Founder & President, Empirical 11.04.20

Digital Health

Digital Health Delivers During a Year for the Ages

Internet of Medical Things technologies have emerged as the key enabler of a much more holistic and complete disease-state management toolbox.

Brad Womble, Senior Director of Strategy, Marketing, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Jabil Healthcare 11.04.20

Advanced Technology for Staking and Swaging Medical Plastics

It reliably assembles heat- and vibration-sensitive components, and works with a wide range of plastic materials.

Priyank Kishor, Global Product Manager—PulseStaking, Branson at Emerson 11.04.20

Quality Assurance When Supply Chain Disruptions Arise

From supply chain disruptions to impromptu manufacturing modifications, the medical device industry has faced a whirlwind of complications in 2020.

Sandi Schaible and Peter Steen, WuXi AppTec Medical Device Testing 11.04.20

The Top 30 and M&A in 2021: What’s Next?

With three of the top five companies appointing new CEOs in the last year and the global pandemic eroding earnings, M&A strategies could look a lot different.

Florence Joffroy-Black and Dave Sheppard, MedWorld Advisors 11.04.20

COVID 19: Supply Chain Professionals’ Ultimate Reality Challenge

Having been a part of the medtech supply chain for 40 years, I can say there has never been a more difficult time for supply chain professionals.

Chris Oleksy, Founder and CEO, Oleksy Enterprises and Next Life Medical; CEO, Emergent Respiratory 11.04.20

Congress Examines Additional COVID-19 Relief and Recent Regulatory Changes

The legislative year is nearly coming to a close as Washington survives yet another tumultuous election cycle.

Jeffrey J. Kimbell, Eric P. Juhl, JD and David C. Rudloff, Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates Inc. 11.04.20

3D/Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing: Debinding Fluids Must-Haves

As the pressure to produce more complex biomedical parts increases, medical device manufacturing using 3D printing is gaining widespread acceptance.

Venesia Hurtubise, Technical Chemist, MicroCare Medical 11.04.20

Diagnostics

How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Diagnostics Testing Sector

The short-term impact on the diagnostics sector is readily apparent as the pandemic has fueled overwhelming demand for effective SARS-CoV-2 testing solutions.

Eric Williams, Managing Director, Capstone Headwaters 11.04.20