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UK Medical Device Awards: From the Podium to the Public To promote innovation in medical devices, healthcare competitions are finding new ways to save lives. Liam Stoker investigates the winners of the recent Smart Solutions for Healthcare...
The need for speed: the US race to improve device regulation US regulators' plans to share data, quickening the medical product approval process, have met with a lukewarm reception. Thomas Novelli of the Medical Device Manufacturers...
Snapshot: Changing Regulations in the European Medical Devices Industry Changing regulatory and reimbursement environments in Europe are set to significantly impact the medical device market. A fragmented reimbursement environment, coupled with stringent regulation...
Ray it on the Line The use of X-ray imaging at the end of the medical device production line has grown in recent years. However, Glenbrook Technologies president Gil Zweig believes that many in the industry...
Late Payments: Public Enemy Number One Across Europe, the public sector is notorious for failing to pay its medical device suppliers on time. But, asks John Wilkinson of Eucomed, is legislation the right solution, and can it make...
FDA Under Pressure The FDA's recall and labelling authority has come under criticism from members of Congress. They are questioning its willingness to approve or clear new medical devices for use in the US....
Patently Obvious The medical device industry depends on innovation to help it deliver an improved healthcare system. The only way to protect the industry is through the international patent system, writes...
e-Clinical Trials: An Integrated Future Perceptive Informatics provides IT software systems to top pharmaceutical companies around the world. Ahead of Arena International's e-clinical trials conference in May 2010, we talk to...
Patents: A New Direction Copying, counterfeiting and lack of property rights have made the West wary of working with Chinese manufacturers. However, all that could change as legislation becomes more strict and...
What Lies Beneath the Mask? The H1N1 or swine flu virus is spreading further across the globe on a daily basis. Alex Hawkes talks to Alan McArthur, technical affairs engineer at 3M, about the role of personal...
