Bayer

Bayer to Stop Selling Essure Permanent Birth Control Device

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

…about their concerns,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. in an agency statement. “Some of the women I spoke with developed significant medical problems that they ascribe to their use…

…about their concerns,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. in an agency statement. “Some of the women I spoke with developed significant medical problems that they ascribe to their use…

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biosensor, mosquit-borne illness

Sensor Detects Mosquito-Borne Diseases Like Zika and Dengue

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

…of the founders of SMK Diagnostics, the start up company created by the professors who developed the technology. The professors have also secured a patent and are currently seeking funding…

…of the founders of SMK Diagnostics, the start up company created by the professors who developed the technology. The professors have also secured a patent and are currently seeking funding…

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Nancy Schultz, North Highland

Embracing Human Factors in Healthcare Transformation

By Nancy Schultz

…interfaces are complex and difficult to learn. For example, look at the digital divide in healthcare delivery and payment. Older generations typically cannot embrace new technologies as quickly and effectively…

…interfaces are complex and difficult to learn. For example, look at the digital divide in healthcare delivery and payment. Older generations typically cannot embrace new technologies as quickly and effectively…

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Stryker

Stryker Names New President and COO

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

Following this week’s announcement of the retirement of Stryker Corp.’s Group President, Orthopaedics, David K. Floyd (effective June 30, 2019), the company has decided to make some organizational changes. Effective…

Following this week’s announcement of the retirement of Stryker Corp.’s Group President, Orthopaedics, David K. Floyd (effective June 30, 2019), the company has decided to make some organizational changes. Effective…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

One and Done: It Happens!

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (April 2018). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations. SynCardia Systems, LLC. Accessed July 10, 2018. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm604278.htm…

…management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (April 2018). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations. SynCardia Systems, LLC. Accessed July 10, 2018. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm604278.htm…

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Horst Giesen, Messe DĆ¼sseldorf
Soapbox

Digitization and IT Trends Among Key Topics at MEDICA 2018

By Horst Giesen

…by participating in the MEDICA App Competition and winning second place. Using a combination of hardware and an app, the Air Smart Spirometer measures lung capacity of asthmatic or COPD…

…by participating in the MEDICA App Competition and winning second place. Using a combination of hardware and an app, the Air Smart Spirometer measures lung capacity of asthmatic or COPD…

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3D printing

3-D Printing: How Improved Visualization is Driving Medical Adoption

By Nathan MĆ¼ller

Human bodies are among the most complex and variable systems in the universe, with organs performing everything from controlled chemical reactions to filtering, energy storage, motion control, breathing, pumping, oxygen…

Human bodies are among the most complex and variable systems in the universe, with organs performing everything from controlled chemical reactions to filtering, energy storage, motion control, breathing, pumping, oxygen…

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Dollar, money

Latin American Hospitals Beef up to Deal with Demand

By Guillaume Corpart

…went up by 22%. Peru: This country posted a big drop in value of medical equipment imports (-14%) while paradoxically having a big increase in quantities of imports (48%). Of…

…went up by 22%. Peru: This country posted a big drop in value of medical equipment imports (-14%) while paradoxically having a big increase in quantities of imports (48%). Of…

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Peter Rose, Maetrics
Soapbox

New MDR: One Year into the Transition Period

By Peter Rose

companies are struggling to meet the compliance deadline, and it’s getting hard to believe that all manufacturers will be MDR-compliant by the set deadline. The extended EC certificate validity period,…

companies are struggling to meet the compliance deadline, and it’s getting hard to believe that all manufacturers will be MDR-compliant by the set deadline. The extended EC certificate validity period,…

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