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IRS Moves Forward with Plans to Implement Medical Device Tax
Feb 03, 2012
UPDATE: On February 6, 2012, Todd Rokita (R-IN) sent a letter to House leadership asking for the medical device tax to be repealed.  The IRS has recently...
Emerging Trends in Medical Device Sales | Medical Device Podcast
Feb 03, 2012
Why are hospitals hiring medical device sales reps? Better yet, why are medical device sales reps pursuing new careers with hospitals and what are the future...
VC Funding in Medtech Lackluster in Fourth Quarter of 2011
Feb 02, 2012
A recent report titled "Zigzagging upward" from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that venture capital funding for medical device and...
Business Trends in Shipping Logistics for Medical Equipment
Feb 02, 2012
Challenges exist when shipping equipment such as x-ray machines, computed tomography scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices, analytical devices,...
Exclusive: Survey Finds Hospital Execs Gloomy about Coming Year
Jan 30, 2012
Nearly half of hospital executives expect business conditions for the U.S. hospital industry to worsen over the next 12 months, according to the most recent...
Future Risks: How Biomedical Companies Navigated Turbulent Economic Times
Jan 30, 2012
  Future Risks and Dangers After five relatively good years, the medical device industry faces a more challenging future, with significant risks to...
Key Challenges: How Biomedical Companies Navigated Turbulent Economic Times
Jan 30, 2012
  Key Challenges to Continued Success   Lack of Focus. As a result of the ongoing acquisitions and continuing investment in R&D, many firms...
R&D and Investment: How Biomedical Companies Navigated Turbulent Economic Times
Jan 30, 2012
  Investment in R&D and New Products Over the past few years the way the medical devices industry assesses innovation and new technology has changed...
How Biomedical Companies Navigated Turbulent Economic Times
Jan 30, 2012
While most giant corporations crashed during the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, the biomedical devices industry grew, invested, and...
Approach and Methodology: How Biomedical Companies Successfully Navigated Turbulent Economic Times
Jan 30, 2012
Approach and Methodology      To conduct this study, we sought out top firms in the medical device and technology sector with a primary...