Effective promotion and ethical communication relies heavily on how well the science is communicated. As was mentioned, marketing campaigns should be more closely aligned with the science, however not...

One factor that hasn't been really mentioned which is important for medical device marketing is being able to capture the trust of the consumer, whether it be prospective patients or physicians. Story...

To answer the question of what should the threshold of misunderstanding be, if you define a misunderstanding to be critical based on a risk that it poses to consumers through misunderstanding marketin...

For long-term goals in order to remain an established company, going public is almost a requirement in my mind. A private company when it goes public should hit the ground running. As in, the company ...

Negative cash flow is definitely more influential than profit itself when evaluating when companies fail. Getting to a negative cash flow indicates numerous poor financial decisions; it is never the r...

One critical factor which could be overlooked with "extremely" innovative technologies would be the payback period. Payback period is the length of time estimated to break even from the development of...

Some of the communication troubles between QA and QC because integration of the two is tricky due to the nature of how they deal with quality. QA focuses on being more proactive, while QC is more reac...

Adding on with a specific example of incomplete documentation missing which leads to a failed audit is the lack of "assumed" process in the documentation. In cases where employees work at a company fo...

Specifically when comparing QA/QC in the development stages of medical devices versus in the post-market surveillance, companies should adapt their strategies in a way which makes the process quicker ...

I agree that engineers should have a layer of responsibility for regulatory basics. Understanding of FDA regulations is important for proper design of medical devices, but with constantly changing gui...

I do think that if a reform is needed on the classification of medical devices in the FDA, the time to do it should be in the near future before too many problems arise in classifying "in between" med...

I agree with the opinion that smaller startups should focus more on innovation than compliance since it can give them a good product to stand out. This lets them develop opportunities for receiving fu...

Starting research on time in industry is realistic, but fully completing research on time is less realistic. The deadlines in industry are often there to demonstrate that progress is being made to sha...

I do agree with the next step for pre-clinical research before testing on humans is the substitution of animal testing with computer simulations, but in reality I don't think this will be happening an...

The choice between novel and tested materials ultimately comes down to balancing the benefits versus the risks a company is willing to take to gain from a market. Materials that are already proven are...