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IN VIVO - November, 2012
For device companies, China is proving to be a market replete with both immediate opportunity and significant risk. Here are several examples of how large device players are attempting to navigate this challenging new environment.
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Article preview from Start-Up - November, 2012
It’s been “a little shy” for a while, but the world’s richest charitable foundation has begun making equity investments in early-stage biotech companies that have promising technology for global health.
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Article preview from Medtech Insight - October, 2012
Clinical laboratories in the US and Europe are facing pressure from all sides as budget cuts and staffing shortages compete with a growing demand for ever-more-sophisticated lab tests to serve an aging population. As a result, lab directors are seeking innovative ways to improve efficiency and do more with less, and those goals are driving innovation in technology-based solutions such as laboratory automation and informatics. These solutions are increasingly becoming integrated into the total laboratory process – encompassing not only sample analysis, but also up- and downstream workflows – paving the way for the fully integrated, automated lab of the future.
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Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - December 3, 2012
The director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute talks with “The Gray Sheet” about nano sensors, the move away from medical implants, and the role that established medical device companies can play in the burgeoning digital health field.
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