Taking a look back at events is often a fun exercise. Looking at past events to inform your future decision-making is even more helpful. As part of our ongoing efforts to keep close track of the topics in which our readers are most interested (and, of course, build on that knowledge), Medical Product Outsourcing is taking a quick trip back through 2013 to see which breaking news items generated the most traffic.

It's an mix of supplier and outsourcing news, regulatory and business issues and new OEM technology. It's not surprising that medical device tax stories (four out of the top 20) were among the most popular.

Here's a rundown of the top 20 interest-generating headlines.