Editorial
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R&D & Design
The Way Ahead for Outsourcing R&D
The overwhelming consensus of the medtech community is that innovation is the lifeblood of the industry. Without it, company revenues stagnate, healthcare quality and efficiency plateaus, and new challenges go unmet. It is vital for medical device co…Sean Fenske, Editor 09.01.17
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Cardiovascular | Diagnostics | Digital Health | Neurological | Patient Monitoring | Surgical
Perspective (Trends at the Top 2017): Findings of the Top 30
Time breeds perspective if you stare at something long enough. I’ve been staring at the medical device industry since 1999. At that time, the first “trend” I observed was the industry reacting to the threat of Y2K. (I’d ventur…Sean Fenske, Editor 07.26.17
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Digital Health | R&D & Design | Software & IT | Testing
Hire a Hacker
The Internet of Things (IoT) has brought an array of connected technologies that offer a bevy of benefits. From the seemingly superficial, such as a refrigerator that automatically tracks its contents and updates your grocery list appropriately, to t…Sean Fenske, Editor 06.06.17
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Diagnostics | Digital Health | Patient Monitoring
Give and Take with the Tech Industry
There’s been a fair amount said regarding the tech industry’s entrance into healthcare, including the emergence of partnerships with traditional medtech firms. What’s also been discussed are the benefits these tech leaders gain from…Sean Fenske, Editor 05.01.17
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The Tax that Wouldn’t Die
With the recent “pull back” of the Republican healthcare replacement plan, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) doesn’t appear to be on its way out as quickly as some anticipated. While those who keep their coverage as a result may be plea…Sean Fenske, Editor 04.03.17
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Cardiovascular | Diagnostics | Digital Health | Neurological | Patient Monitoring | Surgical | Testing
In Pursuit of Device Safety or a Call for Whistleblowers?
Late last year, Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, penned a blog for the FDA Voice (http://bit.ly/mpo031750) regarding the coordination between t…Sean Fenske, Editor 03.07.17
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Software & IT
New Year’s Resolutions for Industry
If you’re like me, you balk at making any resolutions at the start of a new year. If you want to make a change to yourself, make it; don’t be held hostage by the date on your calendar. That aside, for the medtech industry as a whole, ther…Sean Fenske, Editor 01.30.17
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Software & IT
Lessons Learned
In a short time, we’ll close out 2016, a year that’s seen change in the medical device industry. Fortunately overall, I’d say there have been more positives than negatives, but there’s still work to be done. The device tax, al…Sean Fenske, Editor 11.08.16
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Software & IT | Testing
Hacking Medtech: Not a Question of When, but Who Will Be First?
Well, it’s happened yet again. I’m not referring to another acquisition (although there were a few of those recently that you’ll find in Top of the News). Rather, I’m speaking of a cybersecurity concern that was much ado about…Sean Fenske, Editor 10.12.16
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Capitalism and Healthcare Make for Strange Bedfellows
Perhaps “strange” isn’t the right word; “inconvenient” bedfellows might be better. Either way, it expresses the intended idea. That is, the goal of capitalism is not always congruent with the idealized goals of healthcar…Sean Fenske, Editor 09.08.16
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Testing
Trends at the Top
Having been an editor covering this industry prior to my arrival at MPO, I was already familiar with the annual Top 30 report. The issue left me with mixed opinions each year when it would come out. I recognized it as an impressive assessment of the…Sean Fenske, Editor 07.20.16
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Contract Manufacturing
Tweeting About Clinical Trials
Social media is no longer a “shiny, new toy,” but an established communication vehicle that industries can use effectively for a variety of purposes. While we in the publishing industry utilize it to promote articles, breaking news, or an…Sean Fenske, Editor 06.09.16
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Contract Manufacturing
Medtech Innovations Originating in…Utah?
The medical device industry has prominent regional hubs where the sector recognizes an area as a “hot spot” for development and manufacturing. Massachusetts, southern California, and Minnesota are arguably three of the most notable in the…Sean Fenske, Editor 05.06.16
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R&D & Design
Crowdfunding for Medtech
Most everyone has the dream of coming up with the million dollar idea that will make them rich, allowing them to leave their job and move to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, having the dream is significantly easier than generating the idea. On the…Sean Fenske, Editor 04.06.16
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Advertising Hypocrisy?
It’s almost impossible to watch a television program without seeing an advertisement for a pharmaceutical product. There are direct-to-consumer ads for drug brands proliferating on television, in magazines, online, and across billboards and bus…Sean Fenske, Editor 03.10.16
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New Year, New Beginning, New Tax Changes
With the start of a new year, many look to make changes that they strive toward accomplishing throughout the subsequent 365 days. It might be losing a few pounds, watching less television, or spending more time with family. Whatever “resolution…Sean Fenske, Editor 02.03.16
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Contract Manufacturing
Looking Ahead
Some years are more transformative than others. In all likelihood, 2015 will be remembered as one of the most metamorphic in recent memory. At least in the medical device sector. As the year draws quickly to a close, industry pundits, consultants a…11.11.15
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Charting a Course
Who doesn’t like to know where they’re going—to have guidance, a sense of the best direction to take, some inside information before setting out on a life change or prior to planning for the next big professional step? Variety may b…Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 10.14.15
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The End—a Good Place to Start
In the life of a medical device, the information gathered after a product has been approved or cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is just as important as the data gathered to support the device’s premarket submission to the…Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 09.09.15
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Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design
Success Factors
How is success measured? How’s that for a broad topic for discussion? Let’s narrow it down a bit. How is success in business evaluated? A little more focused, but still a wide-open question. Is it by profit? That’s certainly one eas…Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 07.29.15
