Originally Published MX January/February
2002

EDITOR'S PAGE

Something for the
New Year . . .

As
virtually any medtech executive can attest, product innovation and incremental
development are the lifeblood of the industry.



It should be no surprise that the same is true for MX, with its focus
on business strategies for executives of medtech companies. To meet the needs
of its readers, the magazine must be constantly seeking out new ideas and developing
new methods of presenting them. To offer a wider range of timely articles, for
instance, MX last year became a bimonthly publication.



This year, MX continues this progress with the launch of three columns
that will appear regularly in the front of each issue. The Business News section
will provide an overview of recent deals and trends affecting medtech executives
and their companies. More than a "just-the-facts" news section, this
new column will include comments from industry experts in a position to make
sense of recent events affecting our readers.



The Industry Associations column will offer an opportunity for the many organizations