Eucomed: proposed overhaul of EU reg system mostly positive with one caveat
With Eucomed’s annual MedTech Forum underway in Brussels this week, the European medtech trade association’s director of regulatory and technical affairs John Brennan gives the industry view on what is...
View ArticleSustainability’s promise for business opportunity and healthcare change
This year, CleanMed returned to Europe for the first time since 2005. Johnson & Johnson were among the sponsors (which included SterilMed, Stryker, and BD) and were pleased to attend the...
View ArticleWhat’s the purpose of a diagnostic test?
In vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests are likely to be a part of everyone’s life, in many cases, more than once. Yet most people do not know what these tests are or what they do. Conducted on a sample of...
View ArticleMedTech Beware: My Next Blood Glucose Monitor will be an iPhone
I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type I in December 1997 at the age of 19. I had just graduated from high school, moved to the city, started university and was in the middle of applying for Harvard and...
View ArticleIndustry involvement in EUnetHTA Joint Action 2 – Our experience is here for...
First off, let’s start with some background. The first question that comes to mind would be: “What is the EUnetHTA Joint Action 2?” Briefly put, EUnetHTA, the European Network of Health Technology...
View ArticleWhen Good Medicine Isn’t Good Enough
Advances in in vitro HIV/AIDS diagnostics, combined with the development of highly effective antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, have significantly reduced the transmission of HIV from mother to baby and...
View ArticleLab Tests Online: A valuable information resource for pregnant women in...
As an activist for maternal health rights in Romania and the Head of the White Cross Foundation for Maternity Healthcare Services, increasing health literacy and access to healthcare for as many...
View ArticleThe proposed scrutiny procedure: a measure proven to be ineffective in the...
If there is one thing that the medical devices industry agrees on it is that the new proposals for medical devices and IVD regulations are welcome and necessary evolution of regulation. What the...
View ArticleWhat to expect from EDMA, Eucomed and MedTech Europe in 2013
“It’s time you started blogging too, Serge” Only a few days ago, I heard those words for the first time. Me? Writing a blog? Hmmm, ok, there could be an opportunity here… And now I am looking at a...
View ArticleThe World Cancer Declaration – Setting the Standard for Change
This year’s World Cancer Day campaign focuses on Target 5 of the World Cancer Declaration: Dispel damaging myths and misconceptions about cancer, under the tagline “Cancer – Did you know?” World Cancer...
View ArticleImproving the lives of patients in 2013
Health First Europe has always believed that by bringing together all health stakeholders, solutions for challenges in healthcare can be found that benefit all patients. In 2012, we continued in our...
View ArticleUnderstanding in Vitro Diagnostics & Why They Need a Separate Regulatory...
Many times I’ve found myself in situations where I had to explain that indeed in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are to all extent medical devices but that, in practice, the subject we happened to be...
View ArticleAll about meetings and events these days: ENVI hearing, Personalised Medicine...
“First one down”… And I have to admit that I was pleased to read all your positive feedback and comments. This really gives me the enthusiasm to do even better in this second blog. If there is one...
View ArticleAsking a butcher to bake bread makes no sense – so why ask EMA to approve...
The upcoming MDD revision can learn a lot from a 2007 mistake in woundcare regulation Burn wounds result in some of the most horrific pictures one can come across as a surgeon. Burn victims not only...
View ArticleWhy pressure ulcers are a patient safety issue
How many of us have elderly friends and relatives who have spent time in various healthcare settings? Were you aware of the risks associated with that care? Did you know whether your loved one was...
View ArticleQuadruple amputee makes history….twice
When Philippe Croizon broke his first world record by swimming across all four intercontinental channels in August 2012 he declared “I’ve got no big challenges in the near future but “never say...
View ArticleTailored Tools for Diagnosing Heart Failure
As the 2013 World Salt Awareness Week calls for “Less Salt, Please”, it may be time for Europeans to seriously consider the implications of their seasoning habits on their health, notably their heart...
View ArticleTailored Tools for Diagnosing Heart Failure
As the 2013 World Salt Awareness Week calls for “Less Salt, Please”, it may be time for Europeans to seriously consider the implications of their seasoning habits on their health, notably their heart...
View ArticleA tale of two workshops – A lively day at the European Parliament ENVI hearing
By now most of you will have noticed that we have launched our “Don’t Lose the 3”-campaign. (If you haven’t, watch the 1-minute video and patient stories here). The basic message of the campaign is...
View ArticleLady Gaga’s hip – From Born This Way to Torn This Way
Just Dance. People love dancing, whether it be for fun, as a workout or professionally as a dancer performing choreographies with great passion in front of an audience. This passion has resulted in a...
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