Category: Industry
Have Medical Device Startups Turned the COVID Corner?
It’s been over a year since the first COVID-driven shut downs hit the United States, so what is the current status of the medical device startup industry? To get some…...Read more
The Implications of Alternative Payment Methods on Medical Device Development
Part One in a Series Exploring Medical Device Development Strategies Under Alternative Payment Methods With the inauguration of a new administration in Washington, D.C., I thought it was a good…...Read more
The Medical Device Industry ~ Our First Line of Defense
During the go-go ‘90s, I had the pleasure of working for STERIS Corporation. At the time, our tag line was, “The Global Leader in Infection Prevention”. Everyday, we went to work with…...Read more
Exit Horizon ~ M&A Activity and Private Equity Going into 2020
I recently had the opportunity to read Bain & Company’s annual Global Healthcare Private Equity and Corporate M&A Report - 2019. While the current report looks back to 2018, it provides some…...Read more
How Design For Manufacturing Can Effect Company Valuation At Exit
Throughout a medical device’s Life Cycle, few opportunities ever afford themselves to the organization to initiate a strategic approach to Design for Manufacturing in order to optimize product profitability. This is…...Read more
The High Cost of Trying to Develop Medical Devices on the Cheap
Having worked with investor-driven, medical device startups over the past two decades, I’ve learned, often the hard way, what works and what doesn’t work, in attempting to bring a new device…...Read more
Innovating The Business Of Innovation
In my last blog, I discussed how technologies that I witnessed on the lab bench some thirty years ago are now finding their way into the clinic...yet the business model…...Read more
Can Business Keep Pace With Innovation?
The Thanksgiving holiday is a contemplative time. A time to reflect back on the passing year and to look forward to the next. This Thanksgiving was a bit more resonant for me,…...Read more
The Strategic Risk of Engineering Talent Turnover
Do You Have Contingencies in Place to Counter Disruption from the Coming Talent Wars? It’s a topic that’s been front and center since our recovery from the Great Recession: How…...Read more
Convergence, Innovation and the Future of Interventional Cardiology
Having spent the past two days walking the exhibit hall at this year’s American College of Cardiology Conference, I got to thinking about convergence, innovation and the direction of new…...Read more
Bending Medical Device Regulations?
At Rev.1 we pride ourselves in getting you to your project goals 2x Faster. Typically, when we meet with clients for the first time, there are dozens of ways to…...Read more