By Norbert Sparrow -
9 July, 2012
I know that there are plenty of cynics out there, but it does seem like onshoring is gaining traction, at least in the United States. It was one of the talking points during a recent roundtable on sourcing suppliers in China that I moderated, part of the daylong Emerging Trends in Medical Device Outsourcing online event. The sessions are now available on demand (registration required).
By Norbert Sparrow -
26 June, 2012
Pensioners are stealing scarce resources from young households, according to an article in the Financial Times. UK pensioners have seen the largest rise in living standards of any societal group, even as working-age households struggle to stay afloat.
By Norbert Sparrow -
22 May, 2012
The development of paediatric devices lags years behind the development of adult devices. A collaboration between the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCH) in Ohio, USA, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel, hopes to cover that deficit by facilitating device designs that meet children’s unique physiological differences and medical needs.
By Norbert Sparrow -
10 May, 2012
By Helen Zhang -
8 May, 2012
Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd. acquired Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech Company, Ltd, earlier this month. Helen Zhang, Associate Editor of China Medical Device Manufacturer (CMDM), interviewed Karen Jiang, Senior Media Affairs Manager, Johnson & Johnson Medical, to learn more about the acquisition.
By Norbert Sparrow -
26 April, 2012
A badly designed package or device can make a person feel even sicker than he or she actually is, or it can give that impression to others around him or her, writes Dan Formosa of Smart Design.
By Norbert Sparrow -
24 April, 2012
Despite historically high unemployment numbers in the United States, a growing number of jobs in the medtech space are going unfilled because of a dearth of talent, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.
By Norbert Sparrow -
21 April, 2012
The new innovation challenge is cost reduction and improving the standard of care, says Paul Fearis, CEO of medical product research firm Clinvue.
By Norbert Sparrow -
17 April, 2012
The LifeTouch Patient Surveillance System is reportedly the first CE-marked Class IIa medical device to be designed for use with cloud-based technology.
By Norbert Sparrow -
16 April, 2012
It's manna for the media, but it's not doing the medtech industry, caregivers or patients any good. I'm talking, of course, about the feud between Medtronic and St. Jude over the number of deaths associated with their defibrillator leads.
