Amanda Pedersen is a veteran journalist and award-winning columnist with a passion for helping medical device professionals connect the dots between the medtech news of the day and the bigger picture.

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This week's big M&A news that Boston Scientific has agreed to pay $3.7 billion for Axonics is giving us 2018 vibes. That was the year Boston Scientific reinvented itself through no less than nine ...

Where do you stand in comparison to what your colleagues are making? Do you know if your salary is as high as it should be for your position and level of experience? Is it time to ask for a raise? And ...

Remember this line? “Space: the final frontier.” But it is actually medtech that is the final frontier these days for Star Trek-inspired technology, especially thanks to the $10 million Qualcomm ...

The influence of consumer tech on medtech design has increased tremendously in the past five years or so. “We are seeing a lot of consumer tech design influence on medical devices,” says Brian Mason, ...

For nearly 10 years, Technical Committee 194 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and its various working groups have been developing the documents known collectively as ISO ...

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The medical device industry is primarily comprised of people with benevolent intentions. When medtech professionals are asked what attracted them to this industry, the most common answer is the ...

Man using Medtronic's MiniMed 780G system with the Simplera CGM to manage diabetes shows his partner his glucose readings on a phone in a kitchen.

Several companies in the medtech world were recognized this week in Fast Company's annual list of The World's Most Innovative Companies. The publication ranked 50 companies across all industries, and ...