This book chapter assesses the EU medical devices legal framework in light of the EU cybersecurity policy objectives and the complexity aspects inherently characterizing the healthcare sector. First, it outlines the core cybersecurity-related elements in the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)...

We use detailed panel data at the buyer level to understand the size and nature of spillovers across product categories in medical devices. Difference-in-differences regressions identify spillovers in usage (accounting for 21 percent of market share) across categories that share physical...

Die Medizintechnik ist eine sehr heterogene, wachstumsstarke Branche, die von einem intensiven Innovations- und Qualitätswettbewerb geprägt ist. Die starke Stellung der Branche auf dem Weltmarkt zeigt, dass Deutschland ein guter Innovations- und Produktionsstandort für die Medizintechnik ist....

Increasing demand for modern treatments and significant profit margins are strong incentives for investors and producers. However, the production and use of medical devices is subject to a number of laws, regulations, strict standards, and certification processes. Therefore, the aim of this...

Applications of design of experiments to pharmaceutical quality control / Evelin Gutierrez, José A. Rodriguez, Julian Cruz-Borbolla -- Metrology in science : health and technology / Adriana Nava Vega -- High-performance liquid chromatography as quality-control for pharmaceutical and medical...

Prior research has shown that some patients and caregivers such as relatives are innovating in relation to their unmet medical needs. However, there is little evidence whether and how these ideas are later implemented into market-ready solutions and subsequently commercialized. We analyze cases...

We draw upon newly merged administrative data sets to study the relationship between payments from medical technology firms to physicians and medical device procurement by hospitals. These payments (and the interactions that accompany them) may facilitate the transfer of valuable information to...

"The book starts by helping the reader understand what advanced wound care is and the market size. It then explains how different types of wounds may require different environments to heal and how dressings can help in creating the right environment. It gives an overview of the various dressing...

When firms span related product categories, spillovers across categories become central to firm strategy and industrial policy, due to their potential to foreclose competition and affect innovation incentives. We exploit major new product innovations in one medical device category, and detailed...

This paper explores how the regulatory approval process affects innovation incentives in medical technologies. Prior studies have found early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for medical devices, where pioneer entrants spend 34 percent (7.2 months) longer than follow-on...

The new creations and innovations which are formulated in the minds of the human minds are recognized as a mode of an intangible property which, people can enjoy a specific set of rights over them. These are called 'intellectual property' as it is attached with the intellect of the people.There...

When firms span related product categories, spillovers across categories become central to firm strategy and industrial policy, due to their potential to foreclose competition and affect innovation incentives. We exploit major new product innovations in one medical device category, and detailed...

This note provides information on the global value chain for the production of surgical masks and N95 respirators in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It analyses the causes of the current shortage of these key medical supplies needed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and reviews some...

Using a detailed dataset of hospitals' purchase orders, we find that information on purchasing by peer hospitals leads to reductions in the prices hospitals negotiate for supplies. Identification is based on staggered access to information across hospitals over time. Within coronary stents,...

Using a detailed dataset of hospitals' purchase orders, we find that information on purchasing by peer hospitals leads to reductions in the prices hospitals negotiate for supplies. Identification is based on staggered access to information across hospitals over time. Within coronary stents,...

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