From the Editors
Too Much Blame, Not Enough Credit
It’s a commonly heard claim: Doctors and patients insist on using the newest and best medical products. Such use has been blamed for everything from soaring healthcare costs to the impending bankruptcy of Medicare.
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Q&A: The Case for Evidence-Based Compliance
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R&D Digest Video: Animated Demonstrations of Magnetic Field Technique
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Archived Webcasts from MD&DI:
Medical Device Design Trends
Building Biomaterials
How Manufacturers Can Reduce End-of-Line Testing
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DeviceTalk
Zimmer to Buy Abbott Spine for $360 Million
Zimmer Holdings has announced its plans to buy Abbott Laboratories’ spine division. The $360-million deal should be completed by this year’s fourth quarter.
BiomaterialsTalk
Learning What Sticks: Beetle Juice
Carneggie Mellon’s NanoRobotics Laboratory is working on an adhesive that uses the same techniques that beetles use to stick to walls and other vertical surfaces.
Transforming FDA
FDA Risk Committee Makes Recommendations
The agency has created an internal council charged with figuring out how to act on the recommendations.
Latest industry news
- GPO Forges Ahead with Device Identification Standards
- Hospital Investment in RFID Seeing Rapid Increase
- Medical Imaging Drives Improvements, Report Says
- New Options for Fighting Hospital-Acquired Infections
- Alliance Looks to Promote Device Interoperability
- ConvaTec’s Sale Ends an Era
- Patent Allows for Breakthrough Imaging of Implants
- In Memoriam
Coming Soon
Packaging is the focus of the October issue of MD&DI. We will feature two articles covering the world of medical packaging. One is on trends in the industry and how those affect medical device makers. The other is on using hypothesis testing for packaging testing.
Software is also a significant topic covered in the upcoming issue. Several vendors were interviewed on the best ways to integrate software into manufacturing processes.
The October issue also features exclusive coverage of the MD&M Minneapolis expo and conference. Learn all about the show and educational talks specifically for medical device manufacturers and related sectors.
