Medical Design & Development

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Bristol Myers Squibb to Build the 'Most Powerful AI Factory in Life Sciences'

It will deliver up to ten times greater performance per megawatt.

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ENvue Unveils Its First Robotic-Assisted Feeding Tube Automation Tool

It's designed to assist, not replace, the clinician.

July 20, 2026

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How Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Filter Medications Through Tiny Pores to Keep Them Sterile, Safe

Securing these microscopic gates helps ensure that lifesaving medicines will be safe and reliable.

July 20, 2026

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Intel-Powered Medical Exoskeleton Helps Patients Get Back on Their Feet

The platform supports local edge AI processing during training sessions.

July 17, 2026

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Lilly to Acquire AtaiBeckley for $2.8 Billion

It makes a synthetic form of DMT administered intranasally.

July 17, 2026

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Medtronic Completes Acquisition of SPR

The company's minimally invasive approach does not require a permanent implant.

July 16, 2026

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Stryker Expands Mako Robotics Portfolio

July 16, 2026

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J&J's DePuy Synthes Buys Spine Implant Specialist Expanding Innovations

July 16, 2026

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Johnson & Johnson to Exit Certain Manufacturing Locations

July 16, 2026

A lightweight wearable device developed by KAUST researchers combines microneedle sensing, integrated electronics, wireless communication and smartphone connectivity to continuously monitor drug concentrations beneath the skin in real time. The technology was demonstrated using the antibiotic vancomycin and could support future personalized medicine applications.

Wearable Patch Can Continuously Measure Drug Levels Beneath the Skin

July 15, 2026

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Axel Johnson Acquires Fort Wayne Metals

July 14, 2026

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FTC Serves Edwards Lifesciences With $10M Penalty Tied to JC Medical Deal

July 14, 2026

These brain scan images provided by Biogen show how high levels of Alzheimer's-related tau protein, in red, dropped in a recipient of the company's experimental drug diranersen.

Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Some Promise

July 14, 2026

A close-up of the 3D-printed contact lens on the printing platform in University of Waterloo’s Tang Nanotechnology Lab.

3D-Printed, Patient-Specific Contact Lenses in Just 20 Minutes

July 14, 2026

Close Up Of The Bio Based Janus Nanofibre Membrane Developed For Antibacterial Wound Care

Plant-based Wound Dressing Fights Infections

July 14, 2026

Gen Z in Manufacturing: Lack of ‘Storytellers’ Hurting Manufacturing Interest

July 14, 2026

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Claria Medical Earns FDA OK for Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Device

July 13, 2026

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FDA Approves Brain Function-Measuring Baseball Cap

July 13, 2026

Why Biocompatibility Plans Should Focus on Storytelling, Not Data Dumping

Why Biocompatibility Plans Should Focus on Storytelling, Not Data Dumping

Hohenstein Medical's Katie Brinkman offers advice for getting medical device submissions to connect with regulators.

April 9, 2026

Ruma Aktar, a sewing machine operator, wears her prescription eyeglasses while working at a garment factory in Gazipur, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 30, 2026.

Pairs of Glasses Are Boosting Productivity in Some Garment Factories

Operators who received reading glasses also made fewer errors.

July 17, 2026

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FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind Pill to Cut Cholesterol in High-Risk Patients

It's previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs.

July 16, 2026

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Zebra's New Machine Vision Camera Accelerates Demanding Tasks

Featuring a frame rate of 42 to 290 fps.

July 16, 2026

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Security Breach: 'Prevention Is Damn Near Impossible'

Responding to breaches by prioritizing recovery and avoiding "dumb" backup procedures.

July 16, 2026

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Marco Sealing Solutions Acquires Denver Distributor

The deal is the company’s second in two months.

July 15, 2026

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A Blood Test Can Help Identify Healthy People at High Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

It's a potential tool to speed drug development.

July 15, 2026

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Tavoron Acquires Pneumatic Automation Distributor Fluidraulics

The company serves industrial and medical customers from facilities near Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

July 14, 2026

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Eli Lilly, Fujifilm Picked for FDA's U.S. Drug Manufacturing Growth Program

The pilot is designed to improve the resilience of the U.S. drug supply chain.

July 13, 2026

X-ray inspection, automated optical inspection, acoustic microscopy, and advanced metrology are increasingly essential tools for validating intricate designs and protecting yield.

Why the Semiconductor Growth Story Is Only Just Beginning

The semiconductor industry has always been cyclical, but the long-term trajectory has rarely looked more compelling.

July 13, 2026

Jörg Stratmann, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, and Najwa Massad, Mayor of Mankato, at the opening of Rolls-Royce's new Logistics Operations Center in Mankato, USA. Representatives from politics, business, and the company were present for the official inauguration of the $24 million expansion.

Rolls-Royce Doubles Production of Backup Power Systems in Minnesota

Supporting industrial sites and data centers across the Americas.

July 10, 2026

Auxilium Biotechnologies successful bioprinted kidney and liver tissues aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first time either tissue type has been manufactured in space.

Kidney and Liver Tissues Bioprinted in Orbit for the First Time

One promising application is the production of organoids.

July 10, 2026

Cylindrical microparticles with a catalytic coating release tiny oxygen bubbles that coalesce and burst to disrupt stubborn biofilms on contaminated surgical instruments and infected wounds.

Microparticles Clean Wounds, Surgical Instruments with Tiny Bubbles

The microparticle cleaning can be combined with autoclaving.

July 10, 2026

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Fulflex Acquires Medical Products Manufacturing Facility in Texas

The acquisition brings more than 250 employees into the Fulflex organization.

July 10, 2026

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin during an event about loosening a federal refrigerant rule at the White House, May 21, 2026.

EPA Promised a 'Make America Healthy Again' Agenda; It Has Yet to Materialize

Former industry lobbyists, meanwhile, now have leading roles at the agency.

July 10, 2026