Edwards’ Pascal transcatheter mitral valve repair devices has been blocked from most use after being found to infringe on Abbott’s patents by a British court.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pascal transcatheter mitral valve repair device violates two European patents held by
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“Infectious disease should be treated in the community, not in hospitals,” Alex Batchelor, Pictura Bio CEO, told Medtech Insight at the Anglonordic Life Science Conference on 3 April in London.
AI systems used in healthcare are vulnerable to adversarial cyberattacks, which are a growing concern, said Atif Azad, a professor of AI at Birmingham City University. Azad’s research group has developed a method that trains AI to become more resilient to cyber threats through the use of random image adjustments.
The UK’s “New Approach” to regulation has created a lot of noise, but what’s the end product? asks Taylor Wessing partner Alison Dennis, who says the UK medtech regulator should look afresh at the EU’s ready-made solution.
Medtech has not yet been spared from the Trump administration’s trade tariffs, which, for UK exporters will be 10% – half the rate applied to EU27 exporters.
Industry waits to see if there will be a surge in demand for orthopedic and cardiology devices as IHI’s EU Ambulatory Surgical Centers proposal awaits sign-off.
“Infectious disease should be treated in the community, not in hospitals,” Alex Batchelor, Pictura Bio CEO, told Medtech Insight at the Anglonordic Life Science Conference on 3 April in London.
Germany’s incoming coalition government has reacted positively to industry’s calls for a dedicated medtech strategy to boost economic growth. Faster digitization, lower energy costs and “IVDR 2.0” are also on the in vitro diagnostic industry’s agenda.
