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The real worth of medical technologies

June 1, 2010

The blogosphere has been driven into a foment over the last week or so by a paper by Groeneveld et al entitled ‘Increasing Use of Cardiovascular Devices and Rising Health Costs’. Its conclusions are interesting but, I suggest, not conclusive of anything which should prompt policy makers to ask further questions. Discounted for inflation the… » read more

English, Medical Device Regulation, Medical Technologies, Medical Technology, Medical Technology Industry

Patient safety and public perception: transparency, transparency, transparency…

April 21, 2010

Patient safety and public perception: transparency, transparency, transparency… In scanning the disparate output of the EU machine I came across a thought provoking survey of EU citizens on the subject of patient safety. Perception surveys are scientifically questionable as they deal in the currency of (often poorly informed) individual’s views. Politically and from a policy… » read more

English, Medical Device Regulation, Medical Technology, Medical Technology Industry

BVMed goes Brussels

April 15, 2009

Last night I attended BVMed’s well attended debate looking at the German medical technology sector in times of the economic crisis. The debate was hosted by the permanent representation of the German Federal State of North Rhine Westfalia. Member of the European Parliament, Dr Peter Liese, was one of the speakers. He welcomed BVMed’s initiative… » read more

BioTech, BVMed, Dr. Peter Liese, English, Medical Technology, Sun
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