Are You Ready for 3-D Printing?

This technology is poised to deliver cost benefits and advance innovation in manufacturing, and companies will have to focus on replacing old protocols relying on extensive up-front testing and validation of traditional production tools, and understand steps needed to satisfy their quality requirements in the future, describes a new McKinsey report.

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Apps: Fun or Medical Devices?

Popularity of smartphone applications, or apps, has increased explosively. Among the implemented functionality, more and more medical device features have started to creep in. In this article, we discuss when an app is simply fun and when it needs to be regulated as a medical device.

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