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Back to School for Medical Device Cybersecurity Training
How to upskill your existing workforce in medical device cybersecurity, especially your development staff.Christopher Gates, Director of Product Security, Velentium 09.25.23
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Driving Clinical Trial Excellence to Help Study Teams Run a Faster Relay Race
The stakes are high during a clinical trial—reaching the finishing line requires seamless information exchange from clinical to regulatory to safety.Richard Young, Vice President, Veeva Vault CDMS Strategy 09.25.23
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Medtech’s Supply Chain: From Disruption to Opportunity
Smart executives will establish a control tower to monitor their supply chain to ensure speed of responsiveness and resiliency.Lisa Anderson, Founder and President, LMA Consulting Group Inc. 09.25.23
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Are Medtech’s Mega-Deals Gone For Good?
The FTC and the EU’s scrutiny of healthcare/life sciences M&A plays a vital role in shaping the industry’s core markets.Florence Joffroy-Black and Dave Sheppard, MedWorld Advisors 09.25.23
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Will a Skilling Gap Hinder Organizational Readiness for Medtech’s New Age of AI?
New research shows a glaring gap in the desire of workers for artificial intelligence training and how much they actually receive at work.Tania de Decker, Managing Director—Global Strategic Accounts, Randstad Enterprise Group 09.25.23
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R&D & Design
How to Choose and Work with a UX Design Team
Like most professions, UX encompasses a broad range of skills.Dorothy Shamonsky, Ph.D. and Stephanie Van Ness, Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS) & Boston UX 09.25.23
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Technological Advancement's Speed Is Lapping the Medical Device Industry
This period of explosive growth is challenging the medical device industry to find new ways to adapt, embrace, and pivot.Dawn A. Lissy, President, Empirical 09.25.23
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Digital Health
Digital Health Investing in 2023: Seizing Opportunity Amid Slower Investment Landscape
Total funding for digital health startups came in at $15.3 billion in 2022, about half the size of investments seen in 2021.Marshall E. Jackson Jr., Stephen W. Bernstein, and Krist Werling, McDermott Will & Emery 09.25.23
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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Expected Changes in Medtech’s Digital Life
According to McKinsey, there is $1 trillion of improvement capacity in the healthcare industry that AI can help unpack.Maria Shepherd, President and Founder, Medi-Vantage 09.25.23
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Diagnostics
An Ultrasound Bra Could Spot Breast Cancer Early
The technology could be valuable for patients at high risk of developing breast cancer in between their routine mammograms.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 09.25.23
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Medtech’s Most Powerful M&A Drivers
Major medtech corporations often engage in acquisitions to drive their growth and market dominance.Florence Joffroy-Black and Dave Sheppard, MedWorld Advisors 09.06.23
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Software & IT
The Link Between Medtech and Connected Medical Devices
A connected medical device communicates health data externally to the patient, caregivers, loved ones, and providers.Maria Shepherd and Mark Gambale 09.06.23
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Is the FTC Partly Responsible for Muted M&A Activity?
A formidable anti-trust regulatory environment could be contributing to medtech’s dealmaking dearth.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 09.06.23
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Software & IT
Holistic Risk Management: Navigating the Future’s Uncertainties
Let's consider risk from two different angles: predictability and preventability.Fabrizio Maniglio, Director of Industry and Business Development, Sparta Systems, a Honeywell company 09.06.23
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Defining End of Life for Medical Devices
Everyone has a different opinion of what “End of Life” for a medical device means.Christopher Gates, Director of Product Security, Velentium 09.06.23
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Getting Back to Basics: Rebuilding High-Performance Teams in Uncertain Times
Many suppliers are reducing their workforce and restructuring their businesses to survive.Denise Odenkirk, Vice President, Supplier Sales, GHX 09.06.23
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R&D & Design
PFMEA, ISO 14971, or Both for Medical Devices?
Combined with risk management in ISO 14971, the two analyses complement each other to create a safe and viable product.Dana Trousil, Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, StarFish Medical 09.06.23
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A Darwinist Take on the Evolution of Med Device Quality (Part 1)
Is it possible to ascertain a product's compliance level or quality merely through observation?Fabrizio Maniglio, Director of Industry and Business Development, Sparta Systems, a Honeywell company 07.20.23
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Software & IT
Is Medtech Ready for ‘MedGPT’?
Risks are evolving with AI tools as quickly as the tools themselves, and the law is rushing to keep up.Andrew (A.J.) Tibbetts, Shareholder, Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig LLP 07.20.23
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5 Lessons Learned from Navigating Medtech Supply Chain Narrative Firestorms
Tools and techniques are needed to ensure supply chain viability.Chris Oleksy, Founder and CEO, SCHAIN101 07.20.23
