Medtech Matters

In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we continue the 15 year anniversary theme that ran throughout the June 2018 issue of MPO and within my lastest Editor’s Letter that appeared in that issue, The More Things Change... (click to read that Letter). In it, I take a look back at the very beginnings of MPO and see what topics were relevant then that still resonate today within the magazine and industry. Given that theme, in this podcast, we discuss lessons learned from the last 15 years of getting products through the FDA and into the market. The 15 “best practices” (or at least factors to keep in mind during the development of a new product) are provided to help ensure a smoother ride through the regulatory approval or clearance process. Following is a quick list of these 15 tips along with the timestamps in case you are interested in hearing only a few (but hopefully, you stick around to gain insights on all 15). Expanding on each of these,