Tag Archives: medical devices

Breakthrough in Capacitor Technology Paves the Way for More Efficient Medical Devices and Electric Vehicles

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Twente have developed a groundbreaking design strategy to enhance the efficiency, storage capacity, and durability of capacitors used in critical applications like pacemakers, defibrillators, radar technology, and electric vehicles. Led by Dr. Minh … Read the full press release

SGS Enhances Leadership Team with New Director of Connectivity, North America

(IN BRIEF) Jay Suh has joined SGS as the Director of Connectivity, North America, where he will oversee the Connectivity business, focusing on service and location expansions. He will also develop the North America certification scheme globally. Based in Silicon … Read the full press release

Novo Nordisk’s Bid for BIOCORP Set at 35.00 Euros per Share, Totaling 154 Million Euros

(IN BRIEF) Novo Nordisk A/S is in exclusive negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in BIOCORP Production SA, a French company specializing in medical device design and manufacturing. The acquisition would be followed by a mandatory tender offer for all … Read the full press release

EQT BPEA V Fund to exit from Bushu Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading CDMOs in Japan

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 20-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization, has announced that its BPEA V Fund will divest Bushu Pharmaceuticals, a leading CMO in Japan that produces high-quality pharmaceutical and medical devices, by selling it to … Read the full press release

Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead of the University of Liverpool will lead an independent review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of medical devices in the UK

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced that its professor of public health Dame Margaret Whitehead will be leading a review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of … Read the full press release

Covestro’s new polycarbonates supports the advancement of drug delivery devices and surgical instruments

(PRESS RELEASE) LEVERKUSEN, 16-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Covestro announces new polycarbonates for development of drug delivery devices and surgical instruments. Covestro offers two new families of the polycarbonate Makrolon®: improved low-friction types and maximum strength glass-filled products. The latter are also … Read the full press release

The new Swiss m4m Center in Solothurn to bring additive manufacturing for medical technology to Swiss industry

(PRESS RELEASE) SOLOTHURN, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A new technology transfer center in the Bettlach, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, aimed at transferring new manufacturing technologies for medical applications to the medtech industry accelerating research at the same time has been established and … Read the full press release

Capgemini to set up two global innovation and development (I&D) centers in India for Terumo BCT

PARIS, 26-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini today announced that it has been selected byTerumo BCT, a U.S.-based global leader in blood component, therapeutic apheresis and cellular technologies, to set up two global innovation and development (I&D) centers in India. Working together, Capgemini … Read the full press release