3D printing could expand medical device regulation: Here’s how

3D printing is changing and saving lives. The FDA is working on creating guidelines to better regulate submissions for 3D-printed medical devices. These guidelines gives the FDA regulators’ thinking on device design, testing of products for function and durability,...

CVS Health to buy Aetna for around $69 billion

CVS Health is set to acquire Aetna for roughly $69 billion in cash and stock. This deal is a first for the industry and is aimed at fending off challenges in retail and health care. This deal will create the first triple threat that includes CVS’s pharmacy, pharmacy...

FDA Clears First Medical Device Accessory for Apple Watch

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a device known as the KardiaBand on Thursday. The device is embedded in an Apple Inc watch band that monitors a user’s heart rate, detects when something is amiss and prompts the user to take an electrocardiogram. Read the...

Data Visualization in Medical Communication

It is estimated that medical information and knowledge will be doubling every 73 days. Medical professionals and researchers now have to find the best way to attain this knowledge quickly in a clear and understandable format. A solution that has been presented is data...

FDA Approves Pill With Digital Tracking Device You Swallow

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company announced the approval of their medication system. The pill with a built-in digital tracking device will be used in a psychiatric setting to help treat schizophrenia, a psychotic disorder, which includes symptoms of delusions...