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China International Medical Device Summit 2011

by Frank Barlin on September 2, 2010 in China Manufacturing, Distribution Opportunities, Editorial, Healthcare Marketing, Medical Devices

This meeting will be held 13-14 January, 2011 at the Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center, Beijing, China. The Chinese market for medical devices is growing rapidly and this meeting will address regulatory issues, distribution and market access in general. For any company wishing to enter this huge, fast growing market this looks like an [...]

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MIT Diabetes Device Monitors Glucose With Light

by Frank Barlin on August 10, 2010 in Drug Delivery, Home Healthcare, Lifescience, Medical Devices

At Sibaya we are strong supporters of diabetes research -especially Type 1 (scroll all the way down bottom right). MIT has done some great work in this area and has now come up with a device that can monitor glucose with light, potentially avoiding the several times a day that diabetics need to draw blood. [...]

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6th Annual World Health Care Congress – Europe

by Editor on April 26, 2010 in Editorial, Lifescience, Medical Devices, Press Release, linkedin

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress – Europe is taking place 19-20 May, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. This annual event is the only major international forum that convenes over 400 leaders from all sectors of health care to share the best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. The 2010 [...]

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Some Sanctimonious And Some Not So Sanctimonious NHS Doctors Writing in the BMJ – British Medical Journal

by Frank Barlin on March 7, 2010 in Editorial, Lifescience, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, linkedin

Here is a thread from The BMJ where NHS physicians enter into the argument of the value (moral, ethical and commercial) of medical (pharmaceutical) sales reps. The original letter from Dr Shane O’Hanlon starts like this: It was switching to decaffeinated coffee that started it all. In a flash of lucidity I realised the dubious [...]

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EDAP Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Approval for Sonolith I-Sys – Shares Jump On News

by Editor on August 23, 2009 in Editorial, Medical Devices, linkedin

France based EDAP has announced 510k approval for it’s new lithotripsy device. Marc Oczachowski, EDAP’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very pleased that the U.S. FDA has granted 510(k) approval for Sonolith I-Sys, which marks a clear milestone for EDAP, further validates our technology and supports our objective to expand the Sonolith I-Sys into [...]

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