I completely agree, risk management is crucial especially in medical devices. Working in an industry where, for some people, a product can mean life o...

I think PMS is essential for medical device companies. One huge benefit of PMS is the ability to put a microscope to any product failures and identify...

I think that risk in medical device development is incredibly different than many other industries and is handled differently because of that. There i...

I have noticed, since taking senior design and working, that the test plan is very important. In terms of design documents, the test plan can help sat...

I think both documents are incredibly important. The documents you are describing detail the differences between verification and validation. Verifica...

Personally, I think all parts of design controls are important but I think Verification and Validation are especially important. I work in bench top p...

Hi MerzKrashed, I completely agree that good verification practices can only benefit medical device companies and patients by a ensuring a device is...

In my line of work, one type of validation that is done is Test Method Validation. This is done to identify any variation that may be present within a...

I agree with you, I think clinical trials are necessary for discovering if a drug/biologic/device is safe and effective but sometimes they hold some r...

I disagree with your statement that "pharma drugs have never actually improved the direction of human wellbeing". Clinical trials for medication have ...

Placebo controlled trials are unfortunately necessary. During the sophomore year of my undergraduate degree, I was involved in research for children...

I think that companies like Verb and Ethicon market their upcoming products by using their name recognition (In Verb and Ethicon's case, Johnson and J...

Medical device companies typically tend to market products to their primary consumers, doctors and hospitals. In the case of dental tools, oral surgeo...

@hodafattel I think you raise valid points about how the internet has changed traditional retail businesses, however, I think that there are some diff...