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Innovation Under Siege from Potential Taxes

The implementation of a new device tax under consideration in the US will not only impact patient access and jobs. It will have an adverse effect on innovation, too, as Thomas C Novelli reports.


 
Syneron and Candela – the New Face of Cosmetics
What happens if you join a leading aesthetic device company with a producer of lasers?


 
Spend or Save?
The latest projections for global healthcare spend are seemingly contradictory.


 
Prune your Production Costs
Although traditionally an economic survivor, the device industry needs to be aware of the potential financial problems.


 
European Slump
The global financial crisis and therefore a lack of funding is having a debilitating effect on medical technology.


J&J Sees Things Clearly
Johnson & Johnson's eye care division has an impressive global presence and a successful strategy of honing in on...


The Invincible Industry
As the world economy crashed in 2008 the medical device industry bucked the trend.


Managing Life Before a Product's Birth
Numerous design alterations can affect the lifecycle of a medical device before it even hits the shelves.


Marketing Magic
With tight budgets, how can medical device companies best market their wares? Huw Kidwell investigates.


The American Dream
US states Massachusetts and Florida are at the pinnacle of medical research and device development.


The Big Cheese
Switzerland is storming ahead in the medical technology sector both in Europe and worldwide.


A More Inventive Europe?
Research drives invention, yet the European medical device market seems to have failed to notice this.


Chinese Puzzle: China's Healthcare Challenge
China wishes to provide universal basic healthcare to its citizens by 2010, and the medical technology industry can...


Drug Eluting Stents:The Future Market
Recent studies have shown a connection between death or myocardial infarction and treatment by drug eluting stents.


How Flat Is the Medical World?
The healthcare industry is experiencing 'flattening', as medical devices and diagnostics are distributed worldwide.


The Questionable Benefits of Gainsharing
‘Gainsharing’ is viewed by its advocates in the USA as a solution to escalating healthcare costs.


New Medical Devices Act Needs Full Funding
The US government needs to finance a new act which is meant to improve the approval process for medical devices.


Healthy Prognosis for Interventional Cardiology Market
New innovations will keep revenue from interventional cardiology medical devices flowing.





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