MEDICA & COMPAMED 2024: Adapted Hall Layout for Even Better Integration of Trade Fair and Ancillary Program

MEDICA 2024 and COMPAMED 2024 trade fairs in Düsseldorf, Germany attract more than 6,000 exhibitors from about 70 countries. These events are globally unique information and business platforms for the entire value chain of medical technology systems and products – including development and manufacturing. MEDICA and COMPAMED will take place from November 11 – 14, 2024.

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Bridging Regulatory & Reimbursement
Bridging Regulatory & Reimbursement

Everybody is looking for Evidence — Bridging Regulatory & Reimbursement: Strategies for Success

By Christy Sheehy, PhD, Jenny Levinson

As medical technology products and services move through the development pipeline, they face the challenge of both showing safety and efficacy for regulatory approval and articulating the value of the diagnostic, treatment or monitoring technology to obtain reimbursement from payers. A 2024 MedExec Women Conference panel highlighted strategies to bridge the evidence needs for regulatory approval and reimbursement to more efficiently bring products to market.

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Nicole Coustier
Nicole Coustier

Reimbursement Déjà Vu: Lessons for AI/ML Medtech Founders from the Molecular Diagnostics Industry

By Nicole Coustier

Payers demand robust evidence that molecular diagnostics and AI/ML technologies demonstrate clear ability to improve overall patient health or healthcare economics even if the technologies themselves don’t directly deliver the final outcome. This disconnect between a technology’s function and the desired long-term impact creates a hurdle for [innovators] to overcome when convincing payers of their value proposition.

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