I believe one way the internet has changed marketing is the competitiveness of a product’s launch and the benefits a product has to remain novel and interesting. Prior to a more digital age, sales would most likely need to find…   Read more»

Public traded companies have a pro on, if successful, their financial growth year after year that provides momentum to their customer basis. On the other side of the coin, if a company is doing poorly, investors may become wary about…   Read more»

One aspect about this that I would factor in is that a private company can be tumultuous if the owners are thinking of selling their business. My one friend was working at a private company that was sold which led…   Read more»

Quality assurance engineers are rock stars of many project teams in their way of adding rails to a project and know when to tell engineers when to hit the breaks. They are the literal phrase of dotting your I(s) and…   Read more»

I personally can’t see myself within a QA/QC role, no matter where that may be. QA and QC need to be able to take a fine tooth comb when reading through documentation and have a keen sense on when things…   Read more»

I’m personally not in QA/QC, but I work heavily with QA on a lot of my projects and know them very well. There are many roles in QA and QC that revolve in resolving QMS issues, CAPA/NC(s), product development, and…   Read more»

I have worked on a few different projects that I have worked with my regulatory counterpart to aid with submissions. This one project had myself and my coworked work with ANVISA to have a product already approved in the US…   Read more»

I don’t think there is a way to speed up the medical device approval process. There are many reasons why there is a bottle neck during medical device development that is not always the fault of the FDA. There are…   Read more»

Posted by: @cb447  There has been attempts to harmonize regulations worldwide, but it has not been successfully implemented yet. I am wondering, do you think regulations should be harmonized worldwide or should it be up to each country to enforce…   Read more»

Posted by: @mejefferson Posted by: @tulikadasp When it comes to animal research there are various constraints we need to keep in mind. One of them is animal rights. A lot of animal rights group are against this. Recently there are…   Read more»

I currently work within the research department within my company for medical devices and I would say I would stay within industry. Although I do have a passion for learning more about the unknown advancements within my field, I enjoy…   Read more»

I believe the guideline: “The principle of proportionality: responsibility for considering and balancing suffering and benefit” is the most important aspect in biomedical research in terms of wellbeing. This is the moral saying that the end justifies the means where…   Read more»

A project management challenge for a combination product, as many of previous replies mentioned, are the regulations and requirements to have the product accepted and approved by the regulatory body. An additional aspect not yet touched upon is the verification…   Read more»

A feasibility study would boil down to:  – Economic gain vs expense of the medical device (Business case). I would have field data on what completive devices would sell for and how much profit this type of device will bring…   Read more»

I agree with many of those whose sentiment is that many who manage projects are experienced in their field before project management. There are many times that those who are very organized and understand the deliverables of the project are…   Read more»

I disagree with having a student take a coding course as a requirement for the biomedical degree as the program is already broad with its class type and may not give enough working knowledge for the student to find a…   Read more»

I would agree with those who have said that their practical vs academic ratio should be higher for the academic area of interest. I actually believe that the ratio should be closer to 70% practical courses and 30% academic for…   Read more»

I would agree with sseal98 as the the broad curricula and job variety for a biomedical engineering student can be applicable to many different engineering disciplines. There are many times an employer is looking for specific areas of knowledge and…   Read more»

@abhishek-roy  For the path after college, the GET or EIT depending on where you are may be specific for that role. Other places will have different levels of engineering that you can start in and you can keep moving up…   Read more»