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• Bringing medical device manufacturing back to the U.S.: Here’s how it’s done
  Here’s an inside look at one organization’s decision to bring medical device manufacturing back onshore. John Thomas, Bonifacio Consulting Services Deciding where and how to manufacture a product is without a doubt one of the most important decisions a medical device OEM faces. This decision has many implications, from the overall successful manufacture of the product […]
• Tegra Medical expands sales operations to Europe
  Tegra Medical announced that it now has a European sales presence in Sheffield, U.K. The company also announced that it has appointed Neil Garner as its business development manager of Europe. “This is an important step for Tegra Medical’s progression to becoming an international company and offering our end-to-end solutions globally,” Lee Crowe, VP of […]
• Donald C. Graham elected to Plastics Hall of Fame
  Donald C. Graham, the founder of Graham Engineering (York, Penn.) and The Graham Group, was recently elected to the Plastics Hall of Fame and will be inducted during a ceremony at NPE2018 in May in Orlando, Florida. Graham received his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and his masters degree in industrial engineering and business management […]
• 3 ways the medical device industry could evolve in 2018
  Continued M&A, investment in long-term innovation, transforming business models – those are some of the ways the medical device industry could evolve this year, according to Jeff Greene, EY’s global life sciences transaction advisory services leader. EY today released its 2017 M&A Firepower Report: Life sciences deals and data, which analyzes three life sciences subsectors: biopharma, biotechnology […]
• CES 2018: Medical technologies you need to know
  Mobile health devices and wearables have increasingly played a prominent role at the annual CES show in Las Vegas. Health and medical devices touted at CES 2018 seek to improve everything from heart health to posture. Here are nine companies exhibiting digital health solutions at this year’s show. Next >> The post CES 2018: Medical […]
• Medical device companies: These 15 performed the best in 2017
  Updated Jan. 5, 2018 Among the most successful medical device companies of 2017, there were two themes: innovation and breadth of services. That was the major takeaway of an MDO analysis of the stock performance of the 100 largest publicly traded medtech companies in the world. What does innovation mean? Think Align Technology (Nasdaq:ALGN) and […]
• Stroke treatment: There’s a simple way to improve it in the U.S.
  Technology is already available to greatly improve outcomes for people suffering from strokes, but the present healthcare system is standing in the way of people getting it, according to Stacey Pugh, VP and general manager of the neurovascular unit at Medtronic. The most important thing that could boost stroke treatment is passing proper legislation about […]
• Solar Atmospheres of Western PA expands with in-house tensile tests
  Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently announced that it has added another type of mechanical testing to its in-house repertoire: tensile testing. Tensile tests are essential in determining and understanding the ultimate strengths of materials. Solar Atmospheres has traditionally outsourced all tensile testing through locally accredited independent laboratories, but shipping and transportation of test specimens could […]
• OKW announces new size and stations for its Body-Case wearable enclosures
  OKW has added a new size M and two stations to its Body-Case range of fully wearable device enclosures. Smart and comfortable Body-Case is designed for a wide range of wearable electronics applications including tracking and monitoring; emergency call and notification; and bio-feedback sensors for healthcare, wellness and sports fitness. It can also be used […]
• A day in the life of a medical packaging lab technician
  Sarah Rosenblum, Packaging Compliance Labs Welcome to the life of a PCL lab technician! Every day is a new exciting challenge with new types of testing, engineering design verification and client interactions. You name it, we can help test it.  All mornings begin with the production meeting: We recap what’s happened the previous day, formulate […]
• Qosina promotes Scott Herskovitz to CEO spot
  Qosina (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) has promoted Scott Herskovitz to president and CEO of the company – a global supplier of single-use components to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Herskovitz was previously VP of sales and marketing at the company. Scott Herskovitz takes over Qosina from his dad Stuart Herskovitz, who remains board chairman. “I am very excited about […]