Tom Price has resigned from his post as U.S. health and human services secretary after days of fending off criticism over chartered flights he took on the public dime. The announcement today out of the White House said Don J. Wright – presently assistant secretary for health and director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health […]
4 top medtech stories you need to know in late 2017
The U.S. government continues to create a lot of uncertainty for the medical device industry, but medtech companies are still making some big moves. The frenzy of major mergers continues, which makes sense from an investor standpoint when it comes to reducing risk. Meanwhile, companies from outside the industry – including such high-tech giants as Apple, […]
Boston Scientific launches third Connected Patient Challenge
Boston Scientific today announced the launch of its third annual Connected Patient Challenge, which it is holding in collaboration with Google and Medstro. The last competition was about big data, artificial intelligence and patient-engagement technologies. This time around, the competition is offering winners up to $50,000 in services to help them realize their big idea about how […]
Invuity is back with its PhotonBlade
Invuity has reintroduced its PhotonBlade to the market, more than three months after it recalled the minimally invasive surgery light due to “unintended energy discharge” during procedures. The new and improved PhotonBlade includes what Invuity officials describe as enhancements to improve energy delivery and provide optimized illumination performance. The new PhotonBlade will ship to customers […]
Microsoft has a new digital health research initiative in the U.K.
Microsoft has tapped a top British health data researcher to head a new healthcare research initiative at its Cambridge research lab. Iain Buchan is presently a clinical professor of public health informatics at the University of Manchester – and director of the Health eResearch Centre, which is part of the U.K.’s Medical Research Council. Buchan will become […]
FDA seeking to prevent medical device shortages from hurricanes
The U.S. FDA has been seeking to prevent shortages of medical devices and other products after disruptions caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. “These storms have hit hard in areas where there are a significant number of farmers, food distributors, and medical product manufacturers, including Houston, Florida, and now Puerto Rico and the U.S. […]
Edwards Lifesciences has ‘key events’ around TAVR this week
Edwards Lifesciences is planning some important TAVR reveals during the PCR London Valves 2017 course that is underway. The Irvine, Calif.–based cardio devices company said yesterday that it plans to introduce the new Sapien 3 Ultra valve during the event, which runs until tomorrow. Edwards officials expect the Sapien 3 Ultra to receive CE Mark […]
How Abbott is making good on investor promises
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has won FDA approval of MR-compatible ICDs – an indication that it could be making good executing on key priorities it inherited when it acquired St. Jude Medical for $25 billion early this year. The news today “lends incremental credibility to our thesis that ABT can and will have a positive impact on STJ […]
DeviceTalks Boston: Here’s what you need to know
DeviceTalks Boston on Oct 2. will give attendees the chance to see some of the best minds in medtech live. There will be learning and networking opportunities galore. Read on and meet some of the top medical device leaders and experts who will be speaking – and discover other highlights from the upcoming show. Next>> (See the […]
The 10 largest medical device companies in the world
Mergers & acquisitions continue to change the medical device landscape, as reflected in Medical Design & Outsourcing’s new Big 100 list. We pulled financial regulatory filings and reached out to major companies in some cases to create a list of the 100 largest medical device companies in the world, ranked by annual revenue for their […]
Medtech complaint handling: Is there something to complain about?
Medtech complaint handling appears to be a work in process, according to Sparta Systems’s recent quality management market survey. The 2017 survey – which had 148 respondents in highly regulated industries including medical devices (23%) – found that nearly a quarter of those who answered did not have a well-defined and adopted complaint handling process. Read […]