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MedTech companies lose huge innovation edge by sending manufacturing offshore

Big medtech companies have been criticized for their diminishing innovation record, especially from this blog. One of the few innovation strengths that large companies should exhibit is manufacturing.  And, I’m not referring to advanced manufacturing in itself, but the synergy between manufacturing and R&D. In the mid-nineties, I had the pleasure to experience Cordis Corporation (pre- […]

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Patient saved by synthetic trachea made from his own stem cells (Morning Read)

Current medical news and unique business news for anyone who cares about the healthcare industry. Patient saved by synthetic trachea made from his own stem cells. The first synthetic trachea made from a patient’s own stem cells without using donor tissue was implanted in a patient in June, researchers announced Thursday. Scientists in Sweden grew […]