From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• Cardinal Health CEO becomes one of medtech’s top-paid executives
  Cardinal Health disclosed pay and perks for other leaders and its median employee, as well as severance payouts for two former top executives. Cardinal Health paid CEO Jason Hollar nearly $18.8 million in his first year on the job, the device manufacturer and pharmaceutical distrbutor said in a new executive pay disclosure. That makes Hollar… […]
• Biomerics completes expansion in Minnesota
  NEWS RELEASE: Biomerics announces completion of 100,000 ft² expansion of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, facility Salt Lake City (Sept. 22, 2023 ) – Biomerics , the leading vertically integrated medical device contract manufacturer in the interventional device market, announced the completion of a 100,000 ft² expansion of its operations in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, bringing the facility… […]
• Cadence acquires ARC Group Worldwide’s Florida location
  NEWS RELEASE: Cadence acquires ARC Group Worldwide’s Florida location Staunton, Virginia (October 3, 2023) – Cadence, Inc., a leading provider of design, development, and contract manufacturing services to the medical device, drug delivery, and diagnostics markets, announced today that it has acquired the Florida location of ARC Group Worldwide (arcw.com), a precision manufacturer specializing in metal… […]
• MGS acquires medical toolmaker Winther Mould Technology
  NEWS RELEASE: MGS acquires experienced medical toolmaker Winther Mould Technology Integrated healthcare manufacturer expands tooling capacity while strengthening global position. GERMANTOWN, Wis. (October 2, 2023) – MGS, a global leader in end-to-end manufacturing solutions for healthcare innovators, announced today the acquisition of healthcare tooling manufacturer, Winther Mould Technology A/S (“Winther Mould”). The investment in additional… […]
• NAMSA opens expanded preclinical lab near Minneapolis
  North American Science Associates (NAMSA) recently opened its expanded preclinical lab near Minneapolis. It is “the biggest worldwide preclinical facility dedicated to medical medtech services,” NAMSA CEO Christophe Berthoux said in a promotional video by Medical Alley. The facility — at 8945 Evergreen Boulevard in Coon Rapids, Minnesota — now has six cath labs and… […]
• Resonetics closes $900M nitinol deal and rebrands Memry and Smart Materials
  Resonetics has closed on its $900 million acquisition of the SAES Getters medical nitinol business. Nashua, New Hampshire–based Resonetics said it will rebrand Memry Corporation and SAES Smart Materials as Resonetics. The Smart Materials business creates raw nitinol alloy from nickel and titanium and produces nitinol wires, bars, ribbons and sheets. The Memry business offers electric… […]
• Ananya Health wants to bring battery-powered cryoablation to the global fight against cancer
  Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women and has a high mortality rate globally, according to the World Health Organization. Screening and effective interventions can reduce cervical cancer deaths, but that access is limited in emerging markets and developing countries. Ananya Health, co-founded by Anu Parvatiyar, is at the forefront of tackling… […]
• Engineering Medical Devices with Biocompatibility in Mind
  By Michael Alabran, President of PSN Labs Characterizing the risks of medical devices has always been a challenge. Materials are at the core of this challenge, especially as supply chain disruptions have led to the need to alter materials to continue production of critical devices. The understanding of toxicology and the effect of chemistry on… […]
• “Maybe we’re overthinking it” — A tough call was the right call for this medtech developer
  The challenges of developing the LimFlow System for Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins (TADV) went beyond engineering and anatomical obstacles. One of the biggest hurdles was downright emotional, LimFlow leaders said in an interview with Medical Design & Outsourcing. Artery-to-vein crossing is key to LimFlow’s unique FDA-approved system for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients who… […]
• FDA proposes boosted regulations of lab-developed tests
  The FDA today announced a proposed rule that would make it explicit that in vitro diagnostics are medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including when the manufacturer of the IVD is a laboratory. The agency is publishing the full rule proposal in the Federal Register. “A growing number of clinical diagnostic… […]
• Navigating thermally induced dynamics when developing miniaturized medical devices
  Understanding and managing thermally induced dynamics during assembly and use is essential as devices become increasingly integrated and miniaturized. By Dave Fromm, Promex Some complexities of integrating miniaturized components, such as microelectronics, into increasingly small medical devices are obvious. Examples include the precision required to position and align components with the requisite accuracy, or the… […]