Issue 85 | April 2025
In this issue: Remaining compliant when deploying AI in hospitals, Medtronic’s flow-diverting stents recall, integrating blockchain and AI for medical data security, and more.
Issue 84 | March 2025
In this issue: The experiential value of medtech, the future of medical device manufacturing in space, the value in real time device feedback, and more.
Issue 83 | February 2025
In this issue: We cover Dexcom and ŌURA’s diabetes tech partnership, ALAFIA’s AI supercomputer, Pfizer’s metaverse investment, and more
Issue 82 | Januar 2025
In this issue: the rise of 3D printing in healthcare, the 2025 J.P Morgan Healthcare Conference, and analysis on telehealth
Issue 81 | December 2024
In this issue: We reflect on 2024’s transformative journey in the medical device industry, exploring breakthroughs in prostate cancer detection, AI in robotic surgery, and the future of Alzheimer’s research
Issue 80 | November 2024
The potential of point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) in primary care, investigating if dry powder inhalers are the key to sustainable respiratory care, the future of IVD, and more
Issue 78 | September 2024
In this issue: Remote patient monitoring approaches across chronic conditions, the rise of AI in IVF, family offices as a source of MedTech funding, paediatric healthcare’s fury over the FDA’s final ruling on LDTs, and more
Issue 77 | August 2024
In this issue: Strategies for Alzheimer’s drug delivery, 3D printing in surgery, the wearable patch revolution in women’s health, automation in medical device manufacturing, and more
Issue 76 | July 2024
In this issue: We explore the future of bioplastics in medical devices, strategies for overcoming supply chain challenges, and the latest industry news and analysis from GlobalData.
Issue 75 | June 2024
In this issue: Discover why Ireland’s life sciences sector is flourishing and gain insight into the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Final Rule on In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs), along with the latest news and industry insights.
Issue 74 | May 2024
In this issue: Discover how Squaremind’s robotic AI enhances skin cancer detection and explore advancements in remote monitoring for clinical trials, along with the latest industry news and insights.
Issue 73 | April 2024
[14:07]In this issue: A world-first 3D-printed robotic hand, the next-gen implantable bioartificial pancreas, implications of the AI Act for the medical devices sector and more.
Issue 72 | March 2024
In this eissue: the future of brain-computer interfaces, STI diagnostics, biomaterials and top trends in remote patient monitoring technologies.”
Issue 71 | February 2024
In this issue: the medtech supply chain in 2024, the rise of generative AI in diagnostics, robotics for remote stroke intervention and more.”
Issue 70 | January 2024
In this issue: 2023 M&A review, key EU regulatory changes and impacts, technology investment trends for 2024, healthcare’s reluctance to join the metaverse, and more.”
Issue 69 | December 2023
In this issue: the devices tackling female sexual dysfunction, the huge problem of AI data fakery, the rise of home-based medical devices in ageing populations, and more.”
Issue 68 | November 2023
In this issue: The rise of symptom checking apps, AI regulation and the growth of the robotic surgical systems market.”
Issue 67 | October 2023
In this issue: Explore AI in healthcare, tackle male infertility, and get robotic surgery updates for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”
Issue 66 | September 2023
In this issue: personalised medicine in women’s health, cybersecurity in medical devices and robotic advancements.
Issue 65 | August 2023
In this issue: renal denervation technology, fibroid treatment and AI in medical tourism.
Issue 64 | July 2023
In this issue: we address the inequality and bias related to wearable devices’ sensing ability. We also explore the safety concerns associated with patient and practioner mobile health apps.
Issue 63 | June 2023
In this issue: We dive into the topic of genomic testing and explore the promise of 3D bioprinting on regenerative medicine. We also delve into Lithuania’s blooming life sciences industry.
Issue 62 | May 2023
In this issue: we dive into the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging and review legal updates in medical device labelling. We also interview Zoom’s Head of Healthcare about the company’s evolving telehealth strategy.
Issue 61 | April 2023
In this issue: self-powered drug delivery, alternative sterilisation methods, digital therapeutics for neurological disorders, and latest medical device industry news.
Issue 60 | March 2023
In this issue: we explore the growth of telemedicine and mobile health. Get insights on the latest trends in material manufacturing and read about the most significant medical device industry news and data from GlobalData journalists and analysts.
Issue 59 | February 2023
In this issue: As the war in Ukraine enters a second year, we highlight the medical technology that is supporting surgeons on the front line. We also look at technological advancements in screening for cervical cancer.
Issue 58 | January 2023
In this issue: We kickstart the year with a feature on new advances in fertility tech. We also review some of the key events that shaped industry activity in 2022.
Issue 57 | December 2022
In this issue: The tech developments shaping the future of mental health treatment, rising concerns around medical device cybersecurity, and how the healthcare industry is spearheading the metaverse.
Issue 56 | November 2022
In this issue: November marks Diabetes Awareness Month and with over 199 million women living with the condition, it is imperative to understand how diabetes impacts various stages of a woman’s life, including menstruation, pregnancy and menopause.
Issue 55 | October 2022
In this issue: The idea of a robotic-powered limb may sound like something from a sci-fi film. The phrase conjures up images of superintelligent cyborgs, in which humans transcend the limitations of biology by merging with machines.
Issue 54 | September 2022
In this issue: Amidst the remote healthcare revolution, the notion of a safe virtual environment where physicians and surgeons can be trained is not far-fetched.
Issue 53 | August 2022
In this issue: Through the lens of medical tech advances that aim to improve patients’ quality of life or accelerate the development of therapies via a less cumbersome method of diagnosis.
Issue 52 | July 2022
In this issue: Digital simulation could help break down healthcare barriers, but experts caution the clinical trials sector to go slow.
Issue 51 | June 2022
In this issue: Covid-19 has put oximeters’ inability to accurately assess blood oxygen levels in people of colour back in the spotlight, DCTs are helping break down barriers in women’s health trials, continuous flow manufacturing builds on hype, and more.
Issue 50 | May 2022
In this issue: The challenges of regulating digital health apps, navigating remote clinical trial monitoring, how Covid-19 has spurred on the self-testing revolution, and more.
Issue 49 | March 2022
In this issue: A point-of-dare diagnostics boon awaits under remote healthcare, hurdles to overcome IVDR, ‘greener’ inhalers garner support, and more.
Issue 48 | February 2022
In this issue: How the Theranos case highlighted a loophole in FDA regulation, medical devices for rare diseases, 3D printing devices at the point of care, and more.
Issue 47 | January 2022
In this issue: The growing problem of telemedicine fraud, regulating the grey area between drugs and devices, the potential of 3D printing in drug manufacturing, and more.
Issue 46 | December 2021
In this issue: The limitations of technology in patient care, Covid-19 and the rise of medical device fraud, how AI has impacted healthcare in 2021, and more.
Issue 45 | November 2021
In this issue: Improving the aesthetic appeal of mobility aid devices, tackling counterfeit medical devices amid Covid-19, bioelectric wearables as an alternative to pain management medication, and much more.
Issue 44| October 2021
In this issue: Sequencing the whole human genome, Africa’s potential as a clinical lab powerhouse, addressing poor digital communication surrounding Covid-19, and much more.
Issue 43| September 2021
In this issue: Regulators race to keep up with AI innovations, how magnetic interference from consumer tech is impacting implanted medical devices, the case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, and much more.
Issue 42| August 2021
In this issue: How power outages threaten medical devices in the home, improving the sensitivity of medical sensors, regulating lab-developed tests, and much more.
Issue 41| July 2021
In this issue: Medical device payments to physicians, driving post-pandemic innovation, clearing the NHS surgical backlog, measuring blood pressure with wearables, and much more.
Issue 40| June 2021
In this issue: How the EU’s new medical device regulation will impact software manufacturers, the future of innovation in the wearable space, future-proofing the NHS supply of personal protective equipment, the ethics of mechanical wombs, and much more.
Issue 39| May 2021
In this issue: the ethics and science of vaccine passports, using big data to predict device recalls, the limits of the pulse oximeter, and much more.
Issue 38| April 2021
In this issue: how devices are approved for children, the tech transforming neonatal care, regulating faecal microbiota transplants, climbing the PPE mountain, and much more.
Issue 37| March 2021
In this issue: robotic surgery in gynaecology, gamifying doctor and pharma communications, autonomous vehicles for drug transportation, how start-ups can protect their intellectual property, and much more.
Issue 36| February 2021
In this issue: Breaking nightmare patterns with wearables, social anxiety treatments enter the virtual world, addressing the risk of testicular cancer in diagnostic imaging, and much more.
Issue 35| January 2021
In this issue: How innovative technology is transforming the paramedic toolkit, bringing prison healthcare into the digital age, tracking emotions with virtual reality, and much more.
Special Issue | Yearbook 2020
In this issue: A round-up of the best long reads from Medical Technology over the past 12 months.
Issue 34 | December 2020
In this issue: Using technology to defeat motor neuron disease, improving clinical communications, ethical questions for biobanks, new materials in med tech, and much more.
Issue 33 | November 2020
In this issue: The impact of AI on patient consent, building a consensus on brain death, rethinking the colonoscopy, AI in the IVF space, and much more.
Issue 32 | October 2020
In this issue: How private is health data online? Can a robot jaw help break barriers for medicated chewing gum, the wearables aiding the fight against Covid-19 and much more.
Issue 31 | September 2020
In this issue: redesigning of the gynaecological speculum, racial bias in medical decision-making algorithms, opening up medical device repairs, bone bricks for bomb blasts, and much more.
Issue 30 | August 2020
In this issue: regulating the future of telemedicine, the need for coders and coding standards, South Korea as a new med tech hotspot, what the MDR delay means for European medtech, and much more.
Issue 29 | July 2020
In this issue: cross-industry efforts to develop ventilators, breaking supply bottlenecks, ‘healthable’ hearing aids, video game technology in healthcare, and much more.
Issue 28 | June 2020
In this issue: the trouble with home testing kits for Covid-19, how tech is transforming ambulance capabilities, the science behind human ‘super-sniffers’, and much more.
Issue 27 | May 2020
In this issue: the struggle to develop Covid-19 tests, medical technology in professional sports, controlling surgical robots, and much more.
Issue 26| April 2020
In this issue: innovation in photonics, the race to conquer the robotic surgery market, keeping livers viable for transplant, and much more.
Issue 25| March 2020
In this issue: how technology is transforming reconstructive surgery, the future of skin grafts, medical device regulation in India, genome sequencing at birth, and much more.
Issue 24| February 2020
In this issue: Ethylene oxide alternatives, the Essure scandal, VR surgical training, and much more.
Issue 23 | January 2020
In this issue: the technology transforming hearing aids, travelling for medical treatments, the future of biohacking and implants, and much more.
Special issue| Yearbook 2019
In this issue: the biggest stories, innovations and trends from 2019.
Issue 22 | December 2019
In this issue: blood-based biomarkers for PTSD, transvaginal mesh, reversing Alzheimer’s memory loss, redesigning medical devices, and much more.
Issue 21 | November 2019
In this issue: Deep space diagnostics, dirty duodenoscopes, smartphone-based sperm testing, at-home asthma management, and much more.
Issue 20 | October 2019
In this issue: Amazon and the NHS, choosing the right contract manufacturer, the state of femtech, prescription video games, and much more.
Issue 19 | September 2019
In this issue: the threat of cybercriminals to medical companies, a new frontier for prosthetic leg design, the age of the autonomous pharmacy, and much more.
Issue 18 | August 2019
In this issue: how the US’s trade war with China is impacting medical devices, improving adult vaccination rates, the promise of 3D biopsies, the rise of CMR Surgical, and much more.
Issue 17 | July 2019
In this issue: the most influential innovations in the contact lens market, how illegally marketed devices are impacting industry, key ways to enhance sustainability, and much more.
Issue 16 | June 2019
In this issue: transparency concerns around device failure reporting, how start-ups can gain traction in the NHS market, the potential of breath diagnostics, and much more.
Issue 15 | May 2019
In this issue: monitoring blood pressure with smart wearables, improving bone remodeling, tackling the industry’s software problem, and much more.
Issue 14 | April 2019
In this issue: Easing the recovery process with VR, treating knee pain with the Calypso Knee System, automation in diagnostic lab operations, and much more.
Issue 13 | March 2019
In this issue: Beyond BMI, the evolution of exoskeletons, making robotic surgery safe, transforming cancer screening with blockchain, and much more.
Issue 12 | February 2019
In this issue: Detecting language problems in children, democratising patient data, aiding sepsis care, the future of MRI and more.
Issue 11 | January 2019
In this issue: 3D-printed anatomical models, robotic drug delivery, AI regulation, plus the latest comment and analysis from GlobalData’s healthcare experts.
Special Issue | Yearbook 2018
In this issue: The biggest medical device stories from the past 12 months, including innovative implants, machine learning and regulation.
Issue 8 | July 2018
A disposable rapid diagnostics device for infections, machine learning in healthcare, wireless charing and communications for implants, Costa Rica’s medical devices sector, plus analysis from GlobalData.
Issue 8 | July 2018
Complying with the EU Medical Device Regulation, machine learning in healthcare, Cyberdyne’s Hybrid Assistive Limb exoskeleton arrives in the US and optimising the healthcare pathway, plus analysis from GlobalData.
Issue 7 | May 2018
The challenges of regulating new, connected medical devices, the UK’s new healthcare photonics centre, augmented reality tools for surgeons, securing trade with Europe post-Brexit and the latest market insight and comment from GlobalData.
Issue 6 | March 2018
A breakthrough in wireless charging technology could pave the way for new implant-based treatment | Plus: Molecular imaging for drug testing, gaining value from data compliance and the latest market insight and comment from GlobalData.
Issue 5 | January 2018
Innovations in cochlear implants, a new method to grow bone from stem cells, insights into early stage med tech funding, plus the latest market insight and comment from GlobalData.
Issue 4 | November 2017
The world’s smallest surgical robot, designing devices for emerging markets, improving patient adherence with IoT solutions, plus the latest market insight and comment from GlobalData.
Issue 3 | September 2017
Securing the future of the UK medical device sector after Brexit, artificial intelligence for brain scan analysis, voice recognition technology for clinical trials, plus the latest market insight and comment from GlobalData.
Issue 2 | July 2017
pplications for wearable health trackers in clinical trials, eye implants for retinitis pigmentosa, a new business model for 3D printed prosthetics, and the latest comment and analysis from GlobalData’s healthcare analysts.
Issue 1 | May 2017
The potential of 3D printing, new developments in robotic surgical devices, the benefits of frugal innovation and the latest comment and analysis from GlobalData’s healthcare analysts.