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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...
Inside Look—Startup Sees Need for Autism, Mental Illness Devices
Jan 31, 2012
Common treatments for autism include behavioral learning, occupational, physical, and speech-language therapies, as well as medications. But a dearth of...
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...
Gems Sensors & Controls adds a new medical processing area
Jan 25, 2012
Gems Sensors & Controls recently opened a 4000ft.2 medical processing area at its Plainville, CT headquarters. The additional space is part of a recent...
IBA, SK Capital Partners join to accelerate radio-pharmaceutical business
Jan 25, 2012
IBA (Ion Beam Applications) and SK Capital Partners have entered into an agreement to create IBA Molecular Imaging, a jointly-owned new company derived from...
All Your Product Design and Life Cycle Management Questions Answered
Jan 19, 2012
The medical device industry is a complex business with a lot of ins and outs. As such, sessions at many industry conferences focus on specific applications,...
Breast Implant Scandal Draws Cries for Stricter EU Regulation
Jan 13, 2012
Breast implant maker Poly Implants Prothèse (PIP) is continuing to make headlines in recent weeks after it was divulged that its implants, which...
Report: Longer 510(k) Clearance Times a Result of a More Rigorous FDA
Jan 13, 2012
The average time it takes to obtain 510(k) clearance for a medical device has risen steadily in recent years, possibly as a result of FDA becoming more...
Spirol Achieves Nadcap Accreditation
Dec 21, 2011
Spirol International recently announced that it has met the stringent requirements of Nadcap accreditation for chemical processing. Nadcap (formerly NADCAP,...
As Medical Technology Evolves, So Does Intellectual Property Law
Dec 16, 2011
“It’s said that at the time of Socrates, it was possible for one person to possess all of the knowledge of mankind. At that point, one person could...