MasterControl (Salt Lake City) today announced a $150 million Series A round led by Sixth Street Growth, with a company valuation of $1.3 billion. The money raised will accelerate the development of its quality and manufacturing software as a service offerings serving life sciences customers. MasterControl’s customers include such giants as Pfizer, Cochlear and Thermo Fisher […]
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The next decade of medical device trends
In medical device manufacturing, data technologies are forever changing the way the industry does business. In this EBook, we discuss the current landscape of the industry and the forces taking shape today that will drive growth into 2030 and beyond. From new technology to shifting patients’ experiences, we’ll explore how a wide range of issues […]
3 tech trends that will accelerate manufacturers’ time to market
By 2025 the global medical device manufacturing market is expected to exceed $600 billion, driven largely by the aging population, increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, technological development and demand for more personalized treatments.1 Regulatory bodies are also reacting, both to protect consumer safety and to remove unnecessary roadblocks for device companies. Despite the optimistic outlook for manufacturers, however, […]
How digitization can help life sciences manufacturers amplify lean principles
By Dave Edwards, Executive Vice President, MasterControl Life sciences manufacturing in 2019 is a dynamic, immensely competitive space in which new markets, ever-changing regulations and exponentially evolving technologies require the C-suite to look for ways to reduce overhead and create greater efficiencies on the shop floor. This imperative means looking for opportunities to improve levels […]
MD&M West exhibitors you need to know
MD&M West — set for Feb. 11-13, 2020 — is billed as the largest medical device manufacturing event in the world. Now in its 35th year, it showcases hundreds of industry suppliers and attracts thousands of medical device industry insiders. Strolling around the show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, Calif., visitors will see […]
3 clinical trends shaping the medical device space in 2019
By Mike Rigert, Staff Writer, MasterControl Perhaps no other sector of the life sciences is experiencing as much growth, transformation and opportunity as the medical device industry. Globally, the medtech arena is expected to grow every year by more than 5 percent, with annual sales worldwide reaching $800 billion by 2030, according to KPMG.(1) In […]
MD&M West: 10 technologies you should know
MD&M West is one of the largest medical device manufacturing events in the world, so it’s easy to get lost on the show floor. Even if you were in Anaheim, Calif., for the event last week, you may have missed a lot. From a new robotics insights display from Rethink Robotics to a disinfectant-resistant plastic […]
Handling the reimbursement nightmare
by Lisa Weeks, Marketing Communications Specialist, MasterControl In 2014, reimbursement trumped regulatory as the industry’s biggest concern. As we move further into 2015, it remains at the forefront of stakeholders’ minds. In its 2015 Medical Device Industry Survey, Emergo asked 636 presidents, CEOs and managing directors of medical device companies what issues were keeping them […]
Five trends transforming the medical device industry in 2015
Brace yourself for another year of opportunities and challenges in the medical device industry. For 2014, we predicted that longer life expectancies, emerging markets, increased regulatory scrutiny and health care reform would drive industry change. As we move into 2015, we see many of those trends continuing to evolve, and some exciting new trends emerging. […]