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Turning Internal Challenges into Customer Opportunities

By Rich Denness, North Highland

Throughout 2018, device and diagnostic manufacturers have opportunities to address challenging market trends and turn internal change into ways of increasing business and goodwill from providers who purchase their technology.

Wearable Microscopes Could Eliminate Biopsies and Blood Tests

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

A $10 million award from the National Science Foundation could help Rice University make this concept a reality.

Featured Quote

It’s not to say that the smaller manufacturers don’t understand the problem [cybersecurity], it’s that they don’t have the resources to tackle it the way the big manufacturers do.

— Stephanie Domas, MedSec, LLC

Abbott Wins FDA Approval
for World’s Smallest Mechanical Heart Valve

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

The 15-mm valve size is small enough to use in newborn patients to treat heart defects.

Ameing for Asia

Strategies for Success in Japan’s Medical Device Market

By Ames Gross, Pacific Bridge Medical

It’s critical to understand the characteristics of this country’s market to determine the most effective steps.

How to Drive Change and Compliance in a Cost-Reduction Environment

By Gene Nichols and Laura Osifchin,
Lean Out Communications, LLC

There are three practical communication methods that, when implemented consistently, can facilitate successful change initiatives, while driving cultures of quality and compliance, in highly regulated Medtech environments.