Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reviews the new NHS England Quality Strategy. NHS England has published a new quality strategy outlining how the NHS in England should deliver consistently higher standards o
Variscite, a leading global System-on-Module (SoM) designer, developer, and manufacturer, and NRG, a MedTech engineering partner for regulated software systems, have announced a partnership to provide a system level solution for embedded medical products. Medical device development leaves no room fo
Xeltis, a leading developer of transformative implants that enable the natural creation of living and long-lasting vessels, has announced the official start of the European commercialisation of aXess, marked by the successful treatment of the first commercial patient by Dr Dominik Liebetrau at Artem
INEOS and Norwegian recycling company Recuro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a state-of-the-art advanced recycling facility at INEOS’ Bamble polymer site in Norway. Once commissioned, the plant will process up to 33,000 metric tonnes of end-of-life plastic waste annually, suppor
Jason Mitchell is a Partner at MHA, supporting technology and life sciences businesses. A ‘single patient record’ has been discussed for over a decade, but every time benefits of greater data sharing have been raised, so have objections around data privacy and data control. At last, this debate may
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, reports on new announcements from the DHSC on how it will boost momentum in the roll-out of value-based procurement (VBP). Officials from the Medical Technology and Innovatio
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has successfully completed the full deployment of the Clinisys WinPath Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), marking a significant milestone in its ongoing digital transformation of pathology services. The final phase of the go-live, covering blood transfusi
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, highlights the significance of the newly-published Life Sciences Jobs Plan. The UK government has published its Life Sciences Jobs Plan, a detailed workforce and skills strat
PDV MedTech, a leading U.S.-based medical device design, development and manufacturing organisation, and Corscience GmbH & Co. KG, a Germany-based developer of safety-critical medical technologies, have announced a strategic partnership to give MedTech innovators an end-to-end path from early-stage
A unified definition of value – developed with clinicians, patients, and industry – will reduce variation in access to existing products and prevent more medtech suppliers leaving the market, says MTG A new report from the Medical Technology Group is calling on the NHS to adopt a single, nationally
Median Technologies, manufacturer of eyonis, has announced eyonis LCS has obtained CE marking as a Class IIb medical device, under the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745), enabling commercialisation across the European Economic Area. The CE marking, granted by the French notified
Olympus Corporation has launched ENDOEYE ULTRA in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The latest addition to the company’s videoscope portfolio for minimally invasive surgery is designed to support both reliable visualisation during procedures and more efficient handling in the operating room
