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Simulation Takes Risk out of New Designs

Medical-equipment design is so conservative, most companies think that innovating is a gamble. 3D CAD and design-analysis technology, which some progressive

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MINIMIZING RISK in start-up companies

The statistics look grim for start-up companies. Some 50 to 80% of new products are unsuccessful, and start-up companies fail at a rate of 85% on average.1...

Package testing as risk management

The FDA would like device companies to think more about the risk of something going wrong from design to packaging and then work to minimize that risk....

$600 million for risky medical research

A private philanthropy has announced a $600 million initiative to fund risky but potentially lifesaving medical research by 56 of America's top scientists....

Risk Management in Medical Device Design 

Early and continuous evaluation of a product's hazard potential increases the likelihood of correcting these faults and producing a device with a low probability of causing harm....

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