This article in Forbes is interesting for its stranglehold on the obvious.
Noting that the shares of surgical device maker, Cardica, and gene therapy device maker, Cardium Therapeutics, have fallen of late, making them potential acquisition targets which, of course, virtually all med-tech companies are anyway. In fact, and to give Forbes credit, their point [...]
Reading recent interpretations of “Value-Based Purchasing for Medical Devices“, it is not surprising to see, once again, the conclusion that medical technology is a significant source of rising healthcare costs.
We all need to think outside envelope, though. Medical technology drives costs but also provides solutions we cannot resist.
The tendency of healthcare cost analyses is to [...]
The credit crunch that has morphed into a global recession, or at least generated enough fears of a recession to drive the stock market way down, is now raising questions like, “is anyone immune?”
Of course, some sectors are more immunoresistant to the investment squeeze than others, notably the healthcare field, putatively unperturbed as it is [...]
If you simply compare the average development times of pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices, you will see that medical devices demonstrate the shortest time from conception to market (or rejection). Devices, by virtue of providing, in many cases, a simple mechanical function — flatten atherosclerotic plaque against the lumen (angioplasty), keep it there (stents), close [...]
There’s no question that, whatever label you place on its current state of malaise, the U.S. economy is not in good shape.
The question is asked whether health care should remain a safe haven. After all, there is a downward pressure on prices and there is a latent need for serious reform. At this point, let’s [...]
Sites I have recently reviewed that highlight new medical technology activity (or take a view on it):
The North Carolina Biosciences Organization
Business Innovation Factory
Ideas For Surgery.Com
Blog on Ray Kurzweil
Medinnovation blog
…to be continued…
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Another sampling of new technologies in various stages of development at recently founded medical technology startups:
Surgical drain and other technologies
Novel wound healing and drug delivery based on unique hydrogel
Nitric oxide coatings for blood-contacting medical devices
Bioresorbable implants for a range of surgical applications
Device to block transmission of pathogens via intravenous catheters
Self-expanding stent for femoral and popliteal [...]
Excerpt from MedMarket Diligence report #S245, “Worldwide Wound Management, 2007-2016.” See link for more information. Available for purchase online.
Technologies developed and in use for the management of acute and chronic wounds have diversified from traditional dressings, bandages and wound closure techniques to include an increasing number of diverse technologies ranging from tissue engineering, growth [...]
Technologies for ablation and other energy-based treatments in medical/surgical markets are currently dominated by electrosurgical-type therapies, but a growing array of other modalities are creating new applications or penetrating existing ones.
At right is shown the forecast, by modality type, of ablation and other energy-based therapies through 2017. The most significant growth is expected to [...]
(See September 2008 report #A125, “Ablation Technologies Worldwide Market, 2008-2017,” from MedMarket Diligence, LLC. May be purchased online.)
Energy-based therapies generate sales of $13 billion in the United States alone, with probably another $12 billion in other developed markets worldwide. This represents around 13% of the total medical device market, and it is growing at 11% [...]