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Adeline Kon/Healthcare Dive/MedTech Dive
Medtech pay to doctors plunged in 2020 as COVID-19 pummeled electives, in-person services fell
Zimmer Biomet had the biggest drop, cutting general payments nearly 80% to $63 million. Other notable decreases include Stryker, J&J's DePuy Synthes and Boston Scientific.
Ricky Zipp • July 12, 2021 -
Legacy medical devices, growing hacker threats create perfect storm of cybersecurity risks
Aging medtech and increasingly sophisticated criminals are leaving hospitals highly vulnerable to attacks.
Greg Slabodkin • June 22, 2021 -
Medtronic HeartWare system hit with slew of Class I recalls, device reports since 2012 PMA
The pump has a higher rate of malfunction reports than rivals, according to an ECRI analysis of the FDA's MAUDE database. But it's hard to draw conclusions from a disparate system of safety reporting.
Ricky Zipp • May 21, 2021 -
Virtual proctoring, training poised to be new normal in post-pandemic surgical interactions
Prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis, momentum to transition operating rooms into digitally connected learning environments was building. Social distancing mandates accelerated those efforts.
Greg Slabodkin • May 19, 2021 -
Medtronic's robotic spine market lead threatened as smaller rivals look to edge in
Medtronic and Globus Medical are currently in a "two pony race" in the space, but market share can be stolen as other companies launch systems and adoption grows.
Ricky Zipp • April 9, 2021 -
Robotic Surgery/MedTech Dive
Robotics demand held firm as pandemic pummeled electives
Intuitive Surgical, Stryker and Zimmer Biomet all saw procedure volumes drop in 2020 as electives shut down. However, system demand remained strong despite the financial hit to hospitals.
Ricky Zipp • March 18, 2021 -
From labs to homes: where COVID-19 testing is headed in 2021
The U.S. appears to have reached a new phase in its battle against the coronavirus with vaccinations taking precedence over tests. Whether testing will return to earlier levels is an open question.
Greg Slabodkin • March 17, 2021 -
Adeline Kon/MedTech Dive
All eyes on elective care after a rollercoaster year for medtech
After shutdowns slammed procedure-dependent firms in 2020, industry and Wall Street are waiting to see when non-emergency surgeries return and what a comeback might look like.
Ricky Zipp • March 16, 2021 -
5 things medtech can expect from FDA in 2021
"What you saw under the prior administration was this concept of a kinder, softer FDA to industry," said Dennis Gucciardo, partner at Morgan Lewis. Experts now expect a shift, including more enforcement activity.
Greg Slabodkin • March 15, 2021 -
Hospitals lift curtain on prices, revealing giant swings for hips, knees and more
At a Sutter hospital in San Francisco, a joint replacement ranges from $22,865 to $101,571, accordind to a Healthcare Dive analysis of data hospitals are required to report as of January.
Samantha Liss and Nami Sumida • March 11, 2021 -
Brian Tucker / BioPharma Dive
4 healthcare antitrust issues to watch
The FTC is looking to get more aggressive with anticompetitive tie-ups while states eye ways to beef up oversight. And if handed the reins of HHS, Xavier Becerra would likely put an antitrust lens to potential rules.
Samantha Liss • March 4, 2021 -
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3 big predictions for digital health in 2021
As tech and data sharing become more pervasive, healthcare will likely pivot to being more predictive and telehealth will evolve, giving rise to new modalities of care. This will force companies to invest more in cybersecurity.
Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 29, 2021 -
CGM, insulin pump players look to 2021 as watershed year for diabetes wearables market
Insulet, Dexcom and Medtronic have product launches set for this year, and all look to capitalize on the recent skyrocketing of virtual care due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ricky Zipp • Jan. 29, 2021 -
Abbott, Edwards focus on mitral valve as market projected to rival TAVR
Companies have zeroed in on TAVR in recent years, but in 2021 and beyond, experts and industry are looking to the mitral market for the next big structural heart splash.
Ricky Zipp • Jan. 25, 2021 -
MDR-IVDR bottleneck persists as EU launches 1st Eudamed module
"Very few notified bodies at this moment in time are taking new products on under the old directive, because a medical device doesn't just get certified overnight," an official at Ireland's National Standards Authority said.
Nicholas Wallace • Dec. 14, 2020 -
Boston Scientific's Lotus ditch creates 'duopoly' in growing TAVR market
Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic are now the primary rivals in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement market, which analysts expect to rapidly grow in coming years.
Ricky Zipp • Dec. 8, 2020 -
Adeline Kon/MedTech Dive
5 ways COVID-19 is reshaping the medtech industry
Remote tech, clinical trials and marketing are a few of the areas disrupted by the pandemic this year — with changes that look set to stick around.
Maria Rachal and Greg Slabodkin • Oct. 1, 2020 -
Photo by Getty; photo illustration by Michelle Rock / Medtech Dive
Coronavirus testing hits a wall: Where do we go from here?
As LabCorp and Quest are backlogged in delivering molecular test results, some public health officials are calling for a shift in testing approach from slow and accurate to fast and good enough to meet demand.
Greg Slabodkin • July 27, 2020 -
Photo by Getty; photo illustration by Michelle Rock / Medtech Dive
Medtechs reboot with patients, providers after elective surgeries bottom out
Recovery of procedures critical to device companies came quicker than many in the industry expected. Now, device makers are adapting as business volumes normalize and COVID-19 continues to spread.
Maria Rachal • July 27, 2020 -
No silver bullet: LabCorp and Quest hawk return-to-work COVID-19 tests but employers not rushing in
One employer group official noted "hype" around antibody testing with inconclusive evidence about the immunity of individuals who test positive for the antibodies.
Greg Slabodkin • June 22, 2020 -
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How tariffs ravaged the COVID-19 medical supply chain
Months into the pandemic, the U.S. faces an ongoing shortage of PPE, with some of those products still subject to tariffs.
Deborah Abrams Kaplan • May 29, 2020 -
Kendall Davis/MedTech Dive
Telehealth is having a moment. What does its future look like after COVID-19?
Employers should expect workers to embrace telehealth post pandemic, sources told HR Dive, even if concerns about billing and security persist.
Ryan Golden • May 7, 2020 -
Brian Tucker/MedTech Dive
Sunlight doesn't dent industry funding to doctors over half-decade
While many manufacturers tell MedTech Dive boosted spending can be attributed to M&A, watchdogs say the payments can sometimes represent a conflict of interest for doctors.
Maria Rachal and David Lim • Dec. 12, 2019 -
Dexcom app outage highlights communication pitfalls for device makers
"This isn't the main course of what Dexcom offers. It's a side dish," said one parent of a child with Type 1 diabetes. "A good portion of our community has looked at it as a main course."
Maria Rachal • Dec. 10, 2019 -
Ethylene oxide plant closures put US on 'cusp of a major medical logistical failure'
FDA should consider asking HHS Secretary Alex Azar to declare a public health emergency and override state legislation to get sterilization plants back online, one advisory panel member said.
David Lim • Nov. 8, 2019
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