May/June 2005
MX Magazine
Selected Contents
EDITOR'S PAGE
COVER STORY
Three Giants
Moderated by Steve Halasey
Ron Dollens, Jack Wareham, and John Brown share insights on leadership and change in the medical device industry.
Sidebar:
Leading with Leaders
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BUSINESS PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
With new IT-based products, medtech companies are meeting customer needs today and anticipating tomorrow's marketplace. Sidebar:
Remote Control
IT Showcase
Steve Halasey and Art Kerley
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GOVERNMENTAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
Can a Company Know Too Much?
Margaret M. Buck and Paul K. Legaard
Full disclosure is the best way to be sure of enduring patent validity.
Managing Medtech IP
Jon LeSage
To make the most of their intellectual property portfolios, medtech companies seek out legal specialists who provide much more than just legal counsel.
Sidebar: Medtech Intellectual Property Law Firms
Trade Secrets: What Medtech Companies Need to Know
John F. Hornick
Trade secrets are important weapons in the IP arsenals of medical device executives.
Sidebars: Getting with the Program | The Prudent Way to Say Good-Bye
IT IN HEALTHCARE
The Big Target
Ron F. Shinkman
Without much assistance from medical device manufacturers, a number of IT firms are taking aim at reducing the costs of healthcare administration.
Sidebar: Making the Future Cost Less?
BUSINESS NEWS
- Animas Buys Out Cygnus: Is Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring a Casualty?
- Federal Investigators Target Orthopedics Sector
- GPO Initiative to Promote Best Business Practices
- Manufacturers Failing to Comply with Postmarket Conditions of Approval
- Medtronic Offers Indemnity Program to Corporate Defibrillator Buyers
- Boston Scientific Consummates Purchase of Rubicon Medical
- Gainsharing: Saving Costs or Stifling Competition?
- Deals in Progress
