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  • BRICs Bound? Bring Protection! Tips on Obtaining a Granted Patent
    Filing a patent in Brazil, Russia, India or China may not be simple, but it is a vital step in protecting your intellectual property.
    (January, 2012)
  • What it Costs to Operate a Medical Device Plant: Total Geographically Variable Operating Cost Ranking
      Source: The Boyd Company Inc.
    (October, 2011)
  • What it Costs to Operate a Medical Device Plant: The Highs and Lows
        (1) Includes all major geographically-variable operating costs for a 325-worker medical devices plant. (2) Includes property and sales/VAT taxes. Source: The Boyd Company Inc.
    (October, 2011)
  • Medizintechnik-Branche sucht nach Logistikstrategie für den Asien-Pazifik-Raum
    Man muss keinen regionalen Hub etablieren, um medizintechnische Produkte erfolgreich im Asien-Pazifik-Raum zu vermarkten, aber es hilft.
    (October, 2011)
  • Mapping Medtech Logistics in Asia-Pacific
    You don’t have to establish a regional hub to successfully market medical products in the Asia-Pacific region, but it helps.
    (May, 2011)
  • Charting a Passage to India for Medtech Manufacturers
    As European and US markets reach saturation, medical device manufacturers increasingly look to emerging markets as engines of growth. An in-country ER&D partner can provide invaluable help mapping what is bound to be unfamiliar terrain.
    (April, 2011)
  • Lab-on-a-Chip Diagnostics Offer Reliability
    Lab-on-a-Chip platforms for diagnostics are based on the reliable handling of micro- to nanoliter reaction volumes and parallel sample processing. In digital microfluidics small droplets can be flexibly manipulated electrically under software control to perform complex liquid handling routines. In a...
    (January, 2011)
  • Singapore’s Holistic Approach Drives Competitive Advantage
    Public bodies, medical device companies, suppliers and academia collaborate in the development of advanced manufacturing techniques.
    (October, 2010)
  • Successful Singapore
    Singapore continues to grow as a regional hub for medical manufacturing. According to Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB), as part of Singapore’s biomedical sciences sector, the medical technology industry doubled its manufacturing output from S$1.5 billion in 2000 to about S$3 ...
    (October, 2010)
  • Orthopaedics Sector Braces for Growth
    The global orthopaedic market is valued at approximately US$29 billion. Under the influence of orthobiology and nanotechnology, there is scope for significant growth, as long as there are sufficient practitioners to perform the procedures.
    (September, 2010)
  • Ireland’s Medtech Sector: Shelter from the Financial Storm
    Ireland continues to be well positioned to take advantage of global trends in the life science sector, according to a recent report.
    (September, 2010)
  • People on the Move - June 2010
    Smithers Rapra Appoints Manufacturing Leader Smithers Rapra has announced the appointment of Steve Peel as Manufacturing Leader. Peel will support the technical processing team and specialised manufacturing services at the Shawbury site. His input will enhance Smithers Rapra’s capabilities fr...
    (June, 2010)
  • Le développement de la télémédecine
    Des enjeux médico-économiques majeurs, des besoins considérables en dispositifs médicaux
    (April, 2010)
  • La Franche-Comté élargit sa zone d’influence
    Avec en ligne de mire, la création en 2013, de Temis Sciences, vaste laboratoire de recherche publique, la Franche-Comté veut renforcer son image de pôle microtechnique tourné vers les dispositifs médicaux et élargir sa zone d’influence aux régio...
    (April, 2010)
  • Edito
    Télémédecine : l’heure du « point de bascule  » ?
    (April, 2010)
  • Un cluster « dispositif médical » voit le jour en Lorraine
    L’expertise et la volonté sont là, il faut seulement le faire savoir au reste du monde, dit Etienne Malher, PDG de MS Techniques
    (April, 2010)
  • Franche-Comté, l’innovation au service de la santé
    Depuis plusieurs années, la Franche-Comté s’est engagée à fédérer l’ensemble des énergies régionales (publiques et privées) autour d’un même objectif : être une référence mondiale en mati&egrav...
    (April, 2010)
  • West Midlands: From Metal Bashing to Medical Technology
    The UK’s signature medical cluster continues to be a hotbed of innovation and manufacturing. To continue improving its operations, products and services, however, the med-tech industry must have equitable access to finance.
    (March, 2010)
  • MedTech-Branche trotzt der Wirtschaftskrise und bleibt ein Jobmotor
    Die Unternehmen der Medizintechnologie trotzen der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise, sind in 2009 mit knapp 4 Prozent gewachsen und schaffen weiter Arbeitsplätze. Das ist das Fazit von Umfragen zur Lage der MedTech-Branche und zu den Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise. 
    (February, 2010)
  • Clinical Studies in Italy
    The requirements for conducting medical device clinical studies in Europe are not identical in all Member States. That is, variations exist in the way that the requirements in the European Directives are interpreted and enforced. This article provides an overview of the requirements that currentl...
    (November, 2009)
  • Ireland’s Medical Technology Industry
    The Irish medical technology sector is looking strong and its competitive approach to the current economic climate is set to keep it that way.
    (November, 2009)
  • Challenge Prompts Change in the UK
    Severe budget restrictions loom
    (November, 2009)
  • Hessen: Regional Focus
    Overshadowed by Frankfurt’s financial might, the life sciences sector also has a rich and varied presence in Germany’s central region
    (November, 2009)
  • Change Agents
    Eucomed Forum Inventories Industry’s Challenges
    (November, 2009)
  • New Edition of IEC 60601-1 May Lead to Confusion
    Industry Intelligence: RISKY BUSINESS Is the newest edition of IEC 60601-1 a perfect compliance document or does it need an update? Professional readers of the third edition of IEC 60601-1 agree that the standard's promotion of innovati...
    (September, 2009)