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RE: Medical Device Marketing: Informative or Misleading?

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...

In forum Marketing and Sales

7 days ago
RE: Science and Strategy… or Just Storytelling?

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...

In forum Marketing and Sales

7 days ago
RE: Consumer Input for Marketing Outputs

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...

In forum Marketing and Sales

7 days ago
RE: Public or Private: Which Path Builds a Stronger Company?

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 ...

In forum Business 101

2 weeks ago
RE: Why Is Cash Flow More Important Than Profit for a Business?

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...

In forum Business 101

2 weeks ago
RE: Evaluating Medical Device Projects (ROI, NPV, Value)

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...

In forum Business 101

2 weeks ago
RE: Quality Control & Quality Assurance Communication

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...

In forum Quality Control and Quality Assurance

3 weeks ago
RE: Common challenges faced while auditing a Quality Management System (QMS) in the medical device industry & how can they be dealt with

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...

In forum Quality Control and Quality Assurance

3 weeks ago
RE: Quality Control and Assurance: Role in Post Market Surveillance

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 ...

In forum Quality Control and Quality Assurance

3 weeks ago
RE: Who Should Be Responsible for Regulatory Basics?

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...

In forum Regulatory Basics for Medical Devices

4 weeks ago
RE: FDA Classes: Reform needed or fine as is?

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...

In forum Regulatory Basics for Medical Devices

4 weeks ago
RE: Should Engineers Worry About Compliance From the Start?

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...

In forum Regulatory Basics for Medical Devices

4 weeks ago
RE: Pitching Research in Industry vs. Academia

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...

In forum Pre-clinical Device Development

1 month ago
RE: Why Is Pre-clinical Research So Important Before Testing on Humans?

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...

In forum Pre-clinical Device Development

1 month ago
RE: Should Companies Use Safer Materials or Take Risks With New Ones?

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...

In forum Pre-clinical Device Development

1 month ago
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