03.04.23 -- February's Most Popular Articles & Solutions

The EU Regulation 745/2017 on medical devices (EU MDR) lists in Annex XVI several beauty devices that the EU Commission wants to regulate as medical devices, including colored contact lenses, cosmetic implants, cosmetic fillers, liposuction, light emitting equipment for skin resurfacing and other purposes, and brain stimulation devices.

Since few medical device startup companies can bootstrap complete product development, they typically look to investor funding. As daunting and overwhelming as the funding process can be, there are definite guidelines and stages of investor de-risking that can make the design and development process much more on target and successful.

We outline the key medtech takeaways from the Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference held in January, as well as the medtech trends that we will be watching this year.