Medical device industry suppliers and outsourcers are helping to enable the latest drug-delivery tech. Drug-eluting technologies are moving beyond stents, thanks in part to the development of polymeric hydrogels engineered to respond to a range of different physical and chemical stimuli. Medtech innovators have figured out how to use hydrogels as components of micro-shells or […]
Drug delivery needs better human factors
Adopting neuroscience-based human factors methods could yield better outcomes for patients, improved communication design and engineering teams, and maybe even help companies build IP. The methods behind assessing human factors in medtech are outdated—and they’re due for an upgrade, said Charles Mauro CHFP, of Mauro Usability Science. “The type of research employed to determine if […]
FDA’s medical gas guidance offers clarity to manufacturers
FDA’s new draft guidance on current good manufacturing practice for medical gases closed for commentary in August. The revised draft guidance details the current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements for medical gases, superseding an earlier draft guidance from 2003. A review under FDASIA in 2015 noted that minor guidance updates and better inspector training would improve the regulatory […]
The 10 hottest medtech startups of 2017
Medtech startups face more challenges than they have in the past, but several companies are developing products that take advantage of new technology and are specifically designed to meet healthcare’s evolving needs. [Image from Unsplash] “It used to be that medical device startups would develop a product by focusing on design, they’d get some […]
