March/April 2003
MX Magazine
Selected Contents
EDITOR'S PAGE
COVER STORY
Down to Earth
Interview by Steve Halasey
It would be an understatement to say that Mae C. Jemison, MD, has a unique perspective on issues relating to the development and application of advanced technologies. In fact, as a chemical engineer, physician, teacher, astronaut, and now a medical device entrepreneur, Jemison combines the visions of a number of rare perspectives.
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BUSINESS PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Sidebars: Securing Adoption of a New Device
| What Every Device Industry Executive Must Remember
Getting into the Game
Lionel Joyce and Rod Carlisle
To launch that first product into the medical marketplace, try a strategy of least resistance.
Manufacturers and Reprocessors
Jeffrey L. Wendt
The device user fee act imposes new rules on both OEMs and reprocessors—and leaves a lot of details to be worked out.
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& LEGAL AFFAIRS Medical Product Liability Hot Spots Trademarks—Claim and Protect Them! A Golden Light on Corporate Behavior Communicating Trust in Adversity Building and maintaining corporate trust starts with transparency and partnership. BUSINESS NEWS
Kevin M. Quinley
Several areas of personal-injury litigation may foreshadow future trouble for unwary medical product manufacturers.
Margaret C. McHugh
Vigilant policing may be necessary to prevent loss of valuable IP assets.
Ian D. Smith
California's recently implemented legislation on corporate disclosures may be the harbinger of more state legislation to come.
TOPSPIN
Jim Reid-Anderson
