Medtech Connect

In this episode, Medtech Insight senior reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to DJ Fang, chief operating officer and co-founder of Pure Global. Pure Global uses AI to help device manufacturers navigate global regulations, and we talk about clinical trials, how countries incentivize medtech innovation, and the Biden Administration’s tariffs on some Chinese-made medical devices.

In this episode, Medtech Insight senior reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to Mark Brown, Global Managing Director of Digital Trust Consulting at the British Standards Institute about digital trust. In a world of cybersecurity breaches and ransomware attacks on hospitals, digital trust between companies and consumers is key, but current siloed operations can hinder that. We talk about the EU’s AI act, the speed of digital transformation, cybersecurity incentives, and how principle-based regulations are better than prescriptive ones.

In this episode, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to industry professionals at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2024 conference about what they enjoy about the annual gathering and what excites them for the future.  

In this episode, US regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to Ocutrx CEO Michael Freeman about augmented reality in medical products and their not-so-unique regulatory requirements. 

Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to Sanjay Voleti, AliveCor’s chief business officer, about his company’s patent infringement case against Apple and what it’s like to take on a tech giant over intellectual property.

In this episode, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to King & Spalding’s Eric Henry about the year’s most influential digital health regulations in the US and EU, and what we may have missed in all the excitement.

In this episode, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to Washington Analysis vice president and senior healthcare analyst John Leppard about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s Transitional Coverage Of Emerging Technologies pathway, or TCET. He breaks down the pathway and discusses its pros and cons, as well as potential next steps for the agency. We also explore the history of breakthrough device coverage as well as the challenges for coverage of digital health devices.

In this episode, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel and managing editor Amanda Maxwell speak to Marcel Gehrung, co-founder and CEO of Cyted. Marcel discussed global regulations for Cyted’s product Endosign, and how the company leveraged the product’s flexibility to gain approval and reach markets as efficiently as possible. We also talk about different market authorization requirements in the EU, UK, and US, and the use of AI in healthcare spaces in the UK.

In this episode of Medtech Connect, EU Senior Reporter Eliza Slawther and US Reporter Hannah Daniel explore the similarities and differences between EU and US regulations for digital health products in this mid-season recap episode. We talk about cybersecurity legislation, reimbursement of digital health products, and current AI regulations. If you are looking for a bird’s eye view of regulations in these two places, this is the episode for you.

In this episode of Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight spoke to three decentralized clinical trial experts at Hogan Lovells: partner Kristin Zielinski Duggan, partner Blake Wilson and associate Stephanie Agu. We discussed the ins and outs of the draft FDA guidance document, what pieces of the guidance still might need clarification and how they expect to see the industry change as DCTs become mainstream.

In this episode, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel speaks to Erez Kaminski, CEO and founder of Ketryx, which assists clients in creating FDA-regulated software. He updates us on the latest and greatest in digital health regulations, including PCCPs, decentralized clinical trials, and AI/ML software. We talk about some of the challenges and opportunities that often arise from these regulations, and Kaminski shares a personal story about why the safety of medical devices matters so much to him.

In this episode of Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight senior regulatory writer Eliza Slawther interviews MedTech Europe’s digital lead Alexander Olbrechts about the interplay between EU medical device laws with proposed horizontal regulations that impact digital devices, such as the AI Act, the Data Act and the European Health Data Space. The importance of international harmonized standards, particularly for cybersecurity, is also discussed.

In this episode of Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel interviews, Kelliann Payne, partner at Hogan Lovells. Payne advises artificial intelligence (AI) medical device manufacturers with premarket submissions and helps them navigate the complicated regulatory landscape. She laid out the current FDA regulations for AI medical devices and explained the importance of predetermined change control plans, a new cyber regulation from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.

In this episode of Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel interviews Scott Trevino, senior vice president of cybersecurity at TRIMEDX, about the new cybersecurity oversight given to the FDA as a part of the Omnibus Appropriations bill passed in December.  

In this episode of new podcast series Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight’s regulatory writer for Europe, Eliza Slawther, interviews Alexander Olbrechts, director for digital health at the European trade body MedTech Europe, to find out more about the proposed European Health Data Space initiative and what it means for the medical device industry.

In the first episode of new podcast series Medtech Connect, Medtech Insight regulatory reporter Hannah Daniel interviews Foley and Lardner partner Kyle Faget about the complexities behind regulating software as a medical device (SaMD). Many companies are unsure if their software is even regulated by the FDA, let alone how to go about the clearance process. From managing cybersecurity risks to navigating digital health policy, Faget does it all, and she gives us insight into the regulatory landscape of SaMD in this month’s episode.