Blogs
DeviceTalk: A Blog for the
Medical Device Industry
DeviceTalk is a blog written by MD&DI staff about and for the medical device industry. It analyzes and provides links to breaking news, offers informed commentary on the hottest industry topics, and provides a forum for reader opinion and feedback.
Secant Medical Rebrands at MD&M West
Biomedical textile manufacturer Secant Medical (Perkasie, PA) is launching a new marketing and branding campaign at MD&M West this week in Anaheim, CA. Read More...
Survey Reveals Job Changes for 2010
According to recruitment firm, Legacy MedSearch, up to 55% of professionals in the medical device industry could be looking for a new job in 2010. Read More...
Medtech Pulse
Medtech Pulse is produced by the editors of Medical Product Manufacturing News and will deliver the latest headlines, emerging tech breakthroughs, regional medtech information, supplier and industry news, and everything else you need to know to assist you in medical device design and development.
Ultra-Low-Power Signal Processor Reduces Power Consumption of Heart-Monitoring Devices
A new ASIC developed by Imec and the Holst Centre results in a fivefold reduction in power consumption of heart-monitoring devices. Read More...
Nanotube Ink Provides Power to Textiles
A research group at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) has given new meaning to the phase, 'the power of fashion.' Read More...
medtechinsider
Produced by the editorial staff of European Medical Device Technology and published by Canon Communications, medtechinsider is devoted to covering the medical manufacturing industry and its suppliers.
Time to Focus on Assisted Living
MedilinkWM is reinforcing its position and activities in the assisted living sector. Read More...
BIOMEDevice: Leukocare's Postcoating Stabilisation Technology Preserves Biomolecular Functionality
Think of it as the confection that holds together a fruitcake. That is how Michael Scholl, CEO of Leukocare, described his company's surface functionalisation and binding technology to BIOMEDevice Europe attendees. Read More...
IVDT Insight
Written and produced by the editors of IVD Technology, IVDT Insight is dedicated to analyzing and providing links to the latest breaking headlines, offering informed commentary on the hottest industry topics, and providing a forum for our readers' opinions and feedback.
Yale Researchers Develop Preeclampsia Test
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy. Read More...
Qiagen, Pfizer to Develop Companion Diagnostic for Brain Tumors
Pfizer Inc. and DxS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qiagen N.V. have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 (CDX-110), an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Read More...
PrecisionTalk: A Blog about Medical Precision Technology
For the latest on news concerning the orthopedics, cardiological, and general surgery sectors, visit MTP's blog, Precision Talk. You can even add your own comments to the posts.
Manufacturers Help a Nation in Need
From clinical trials to regulatory hurdles to increasing competition in the market, there are so many pressures that medical device manufacturers face on a daily basis. Read More...
ArthroCare (ARTC) Begins Trading on NASDAQ
ArthroCare Corp. (Austin) will begin trading shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ global market under the symbol ARTC. Read More...
TechTalk: A Blog for Device-Related Plastics and Biomaterials
TechTalk is a blog written by MD&DI Editor Heather Thompson and her colleagues about biomaterials for the medical device industry. It analyzes and provides links to breaking news, offers informed commentary on the hottest biomaterials topics, and provides a forum for reader opinion and feedback.
How Infections Can Come from Biomaterials
Professor David Williams, retired from the University of Liverpool, discusses infections that possibly link to biomaterials in the most recent issue of EMDT. Read More...
New Materials Web Site Aims to Help Device Firms
Materials testing, analysis, and consultancy firm CERAM (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK) has boosted its Web offerings to customers in the medical device industry with the launch of a revitalized Web site. Read More...
