This short film highlights the importance of medical devices to health care and reviews the challenges and way forward for improving access to medical devices. View film
Innovations
KUDUwave 5000 Audiometer
GeoAxon have developed an audiometer to suit the needs of South Africa, yet also be attractive to other markets.
The Ti-TaMED spinal system is a comprehensive spinal system that can be easily inserted by surgeons and it is user-friendly to theatre staff. It is locally manufactured to provide an affordable system of the highest quality that is accessible to the South African market and globally. For a more detailed look into our products and company, please visit http://www.titamed.co.za
To save the lives of the critically injured, the period following an injury is deemed to be the "golden hour". 13 Seconds, however, can be priceless!
The Lodox Statscan is a digital x-ray scanning system that can produce clear, diagnostic full-body x-ray pictures in just 13 seconds
The US
FDA has warned
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary
Animas that it could face a fine or other sanctions over inadequate reporting of adverse events with its One Touch Ping and 2020 insulin pumps.
EDMA and Eucomed, the EU associations representing the IVD and medical technology industries respectively, are joining forces under the umbrella of a European industry federation. This federation will be headed by a joint chief executive who has yet.....
In light of the recent political upheaval resulting from the PIP breast implant scandal, it is increasingly likely that the publication of the European Commission’s draft proposed revision of the medical device directives will be delayed......
Gene sequencing specialist
Illumina has launched a "poison pill" defence against
Roche's attempted hostile takeover by adopting a shareholders rights agreement that will serve to dilute the company's stock.
Abbott is planning to cut around 700 staff in the US and Puerto Rico, with 300 coming from its stent manufacturing division in California, according to media reports. There will be another 200 redundancies at its diagnostics business in.....
Mexico’s healthcare products regulator, Cofepris, has signed with Japan an equivalency agreement allowing for the expedited review of certain medical devices.
The initiative, which was announced by the health ministry on 24 January, is.....
There is growing evidence that ultrasound is failing to show ruptures, leaks and seepage of silicone in PIP breast implantees clearly enough to provide a basis for the extremely important medical decisions that the monitoring is intended to provide......