How Medrobotics’ CEO thwarted possible corporate espionage Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt had a lasting impact in medtech: Here’s how 7 medical devices combating the opioid crisis Trends that mattered for medtech in 2017 The medtech industry saw its transformation accelerate in 2017: Whether it’s the roster of largest companies, business models or the regulatory

The 10 largest medical device companies in the world The 10 largest medtech employers – and what their workers really think These 10 medtech companies care a lot about research How Abiomed became a major medical device company The Big 100: Why does it matter? It’s a question worth asking: What is the value of

In this issue: 14 Medtech needs clinical registries for pre- and post-market data 22 Gaining a competitive edge with digital manufacturing 30 Reducing production waste with laser profiling 34 Five things you need to know about micromanufacturing   Want a word to sum up 2017? Try ‘uncertainty’   It’s March 1 as I write, and

2017: A year of continued change This year was slated to be one of profound change even before it began. The surprise election of Donald Trump is the most obvious example, but 2016 saw its fair share of churn in the C suite. Here are just a few examples: AngioDynamics and Joe DeVivo parted ways

A major step toward 3D-printed organs There’s been a lot of hype around the promise of using three-dimensional printing to create human organs for implantation, but mimicking the complex functions of the human body is just as hard as it sounds. Researchers at Harvard University recently made a major advance in the field. Just last