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Jim Hammerand

About Jim Hammerand

Jim Hammerand is the managing editor of Medical Design & Outsourcing. He has more than 15 years of professional journalism experience spanning newspapers, magazines, websites and broadcast news. For nearly a decade, he reported and edited business news for American City Business Journals as a reporter and digital editor at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and then managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He is based near Seattle in Edmonds, Washington, where he and his family live. Connect with him on LinkedIn or by email at jimhammerand@wtwhmedia.com.

Biolinq closes $100M Series C funding round for biosensor platform

April 22, 2025 By Jim Hammerand

A photo of Biolinq’s glucose sensor patch on a patient's upper forearm with a color-changing indicator light.

Biolinq said today it has closed a $100 million Series C funding round to advance its biosensor platform. “This financing will bolster Biolinq’s commercial readiness efforts while we pursue regulatory approval for the first intradermal glucose sensor that incorporates activity and sleep information into a single wearable device,” Biolinq CEO Rich Yang said in a […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Featured, Funding Roundup, Patient Monitoring, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alpha Wave Ventures, Aphelion Capital, AXA IM Alts, biolinq, biosensors, Diabetes, Hikma Ventures, LifeSci Venture Partners, M Ventures, RiverVest Venture Partners, Taisho Pharmaceutical, type 2 diabetes, wearable sensors, wearables

Nasal vaccine devices: Design and regulatory need-to-knows

February 14, 2025 By Jim Hammerand

A photo of a nasal vaccine device spraying mist.

Nasal vaccine devices have the potential to offer more convenient and more effective protection against a variety of viruses. In 2024, the FDA approved a nasal spray as the first at-home influenza vaccination, allowing adults to vaccinate themselves or someone in their care without a needle jab or a trip to the pharmacy. Intranasal vaccines […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Pharmaceuticals, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: aptarpharma

This simple, needle-free COVID vaccination device might stop transmission

August 7, 2024 By Jim Hammerand

“Finally,” many of us thought when we received our first jabs to vaccinate us against COVID-19 back in 2020 and 2021. Nearly four years later, COVID is still surging, constantly mutating to create new variants that evade our immunity from prior infections and the latest vaccines. And if the immediate and long-term harm from SARS-CoV-2 […]

Filed Under: Pharmaceuticals, Research & Development Tagged With: Bharat Biotech International, Washington University in St. Louis

The biggest medical device VC deals of 2022

March 8, 2023 By Jim Hammerand

A patient wears the Enable Injections disc-shaped Enfuse device on their stomach.

Last year was definitely a slower year for medical device VC deals than the year before. Biofourmis was the only medical device developer in the 10 largest healthcare VC deals of 2022, according to a ranking provided to Medical Design & Outsourcing by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Because we love devices at Medical Design & Outsourcing, we asked SVB for a […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Funding Roundup Tagged With: ApiJect Systems, Enable Injections

Embecta stock soars on first full-quarter results after BD spinoff

August 15, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

BD Diabetes Spinoff Embecta

Embecta (Nasdaq: EMBC) today posted third-quarter results today for the first time as a BD (NYSE: BDX) spinoff, beating the consensus forecast on Wall Street. The Parsippany, New Jersey-based diabetes technology company reported profits of $62.4 million, or $1.08 per share, on sales of $291.1 million for the three months ended June 30. RELATED: How […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Featured, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Uncategorized, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: BD, Diabetes, embecta

Better Therapeutics Q2 beats Street as it prepares to submit diabetes therapy for FDA review

August 11, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

A portrait of Better Therapeutics CEO and President Frank Karbe

Better Therapeutics (Nasdaq:BTTX) posted second-quarter quarter results today that beat the consensus forecast on Wall Street as it prepared to submit its first product for FDA review. Better Therapeutics has not yet generated revenue from the commercialization or sale of any product. The company went public through a special purpose acquisition company merger in October. […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Technology, Uncategorized Tagged With: Better Therapeutics, Diabetes

Dexcom focuses on early diabetes diagnosis as COVID links emerge

June 30, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

A portrait of Dexcom VP of Global Clinical Initiatives Tomas Walker

New evidence is showing that COVID-19 may increase a person’s risk of diabetes, but it could be years until we know for sure. In the meantime, Dexcom (Nasdaq:DXCM) is getting ready, VP of Global Clinical Initiatives Tomas Walker said. Walker recently spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing to discuss the San Diego-based diabetes device developer’s proactive approach […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Diagnostics, Featured Tagged With: COVID-19, Dexcom, Diabetes

Ariste Medical co-founder sees great potential for drug-coated implants and orthopedics

April 18, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Orange polypropylene mesh coated with antibiotics

It’s been more than a decade since Lisa Jennings launched not one but two companies in the Great Recession. In 2020, she sold CirQuest Labs to MLM Medical Labs, where Jennings serves as chief scientific officer and managing director of U.S. operations. More recently, her pre-commercial medtech development startup, Ariste Medical, won FDA 510(k) approval for […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Grafts, Implants, Materials Testing, Orthopedics, Pharmaceuticals, Research & Development, Stents, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ariste Medical, implantable devices

FDA clears antibiotic-embedded hernia mesh for fighting implant infections

April 6, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Ariste Medical’s polypropylene hernia mesh

Ariste Medical recently won FDA 510(k) clearance for its drug-embedded, polypropylene hernia mesh to fight microbial colonization. The Salt Lake City-based drug-device developer said the patents and proprietary formulations behind the technology could prevent infection, inflammation or clotting associated with implants. Ariste’s synthetic mesh carries two antibiotics — minocycline and rifampin —  to prevent contamination […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants Tagged With: Ariste Medical, FDA

Medicine-saving Nanodropper makes history in Minnesota Cup win

September 21, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Nanodropper

The Minnesota Cup has awarded its grand prize for innovative entrepreneurs to a student-led startup for the first time. Medical device developer Nanodropper took home top honors from the awards ceremony, held Monday at the University of Minnesota. “We have created an eyedrop bottle adaptor that will save billions in medication waste, one drop at […]

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Optical/Ophthalmic Tagged With: Nanodropper

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