medlatest Editorial

Dost thou think the agency protests too much? MHRA adopts a defensive stance against sniping media.

At the risk of coming over all left wing, but when an esteemed clinical society suggests it’ll accept company support for its educational programmes, it’s a bit rich to suggest that the support isn’t in any way likely to influence the user choices. Otherwise why would they do it?

A plea for sanity in marcomms world. Medical technology news can find its way to a European audience…even in English…but only if companies make a bit more of an effort to communicate. In other words, we’ve got the vehicle, you just need to use it.

Industry body Eucomed fights the corner for the innovative medtech company by proposing that unless procurement gets smarter we’ll be driven to lowest common denominator solutions by short term cost containment and centralisation.

40% of US doctors say mHealth apps decrease time spent on administration.

Bravo European Commission for allowing electronic Instructions For Use, but we think you could have gone a bit further.

Regulatory approvals, mergers and acquisitions, meetings and congresses… and even a bit of telehealth. Quelle Surprise!

RSM study shows just how strange we humans are, as it suggests NHS could save millions by asking patients to write down their appointment times.

Did you hear the one about the company that thought it had a winner on its hands by developing its own version of an increasingly popular type of hip replacement?

It seems the balance of power lies with the healthcare provider in USA as prices of procedures far outstrip overseas markets despite medical device companies often selling their products for lower prices in USA.

It’s Friday. “View From The Med” captures medical device news from the week just passed.

Our pages are filling up with medical applications for smartphone/tablet technology, but the regulatory status of many new potential products remains unresolved.

Dumbed down apps might just get in the way of really useful medical applications for smartphones.

Ever seen debris in reprocessed sterile instruments? Yes, but at least it’s “sterile” debris…isn’t it?

Can you imagine something that was once deemed healthy, and for who’s healing properties people would travel hundreds of miles, now being banned by EU regulators. Well not banned exactly, but you can only sniff it, not drink it.

Zebrafish!…. You don’t often read about them on medical devices news sites, so now’s your chance.