Medical Design and Outsourcing

The EPA delayed notifying neighbors of an Illinois medical device sterilization plant of ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions the agency measured in 2018, according to an inspector general’s report released yesterday. The report also says that “leadership” in the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation also failed to conduct public meetings with residents either near the…

Scientists in Cambridge, Mass. and Chennai, India, are touting self-organizing brain tissue growth in a 3D-printed system. Published results in Biomicrofluidics highlight the work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras scientists, who have grown small amounts of the self-organizing brain tissue, known as organoids, in a tiny 3D-printed system…

The medical device industry weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well — and is now set to roll out a host of innovations in 2021. Economists generally expect the U.S. to see a boom as we emerge from the pandemic and resulting recession. Medtech companies appear set to ride the wave this year, with plans to seek…

Qosina this week launched its product line for the single-use bioprocess industry. The new product line includes tube-to-tube bard connectors, luer fittings, check valves, tubing pinch clamps, tubing, steam thru connectors and more. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Tubing + Extrusion.