Marion Webb has been writing about medtech since 2017, specializing in covering buzzy segments such as robotic surgery, digital therapeutics and femtech with in-depth features and interviews with leading experts. Her role includes reporting live from industry events, moderating panel discussions and podcasts, tweeting breaking news and engaging KOLs to provide high-quality, business-critical content for Medtech Insight. Marion has been writing about health care issues for more than two decades. She was a long-time biotech reporter at the San Diego Business Journal, worked at Bloomberg News, and contributed to the Los Angeles County Medical Association’s Physician Magazine. Marion was born and raised in Germany, is fluent in German and conversational in Spanish. Off the job, she’s a competitive runner, avid cyclist and swimmer, and enjoys spending time with her domestic partner and her German Shorthair Pointer mix Cora.
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In this first of a two-part series from CES, Medtech Insight tunes into two companies that developed AI-powered cameras to detect respiratory diseases and chronic diseases respectively, two companies offering at-home testing for cholesterol, and a saliva test to help detect symptoms of perimenopause.
Medtech Insight brings you the highlights from two panel discussions at CES 2025 featuring innovators in the neurotech space discussing opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations in developing AI-driven solutions for the brain, and what lies ahead.
Medtech Insight spoke with René Quashie, vice president of digital health at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), about what to expect at this year’s CES show.
In this week’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb brings highlights from Deloitte’s 2025 Life Sciences Outlook Report with medtech leaders’ forecasting significant investments in AI/GenAI. Brian Bossetta talks about the US FDA’s newly formed Digital Health Advisory Committee. Elizabeth Orr highlights the pros and cons of penetration testing for cybersecurity and talks about the US FDA’s final guidance on pre-determined change control plans. Natasha Barrow highlights UK MHRA's AI Airlock Pilot program and MANIFEST.
Our dozen-plus experts from across the medtech sector agreed that 2024 was the year when AI went mainstream. They expect it to continue shaping the sector into 2025 and also hope for increased international harmonization, a more business-friendly US government, and increased investment.
From regulations to technology to market dynamics, 2024 was a year of change for the device sector. We asked 14 experts from industry, regulators and other stakeholders to tell us which changes were welcome, and which they’d like to leave in the past.