Medical Devices
The spectacular advances in medical devices and biotechnology are exposing an ever-expanding world of benefits and risks for consumers.
Medical devices – tragedy and triumph
Pelvic mesh and 3D printing – you could hardly think of two more diverse…
Trans vaginal mesh injuries – is anyone accountable?
The medical catastrophe associated with Trans Vaginal Mesh implants is a cautionary tale about…
Medical device regulation – a challenging and changing area
Today’s rapidly evolving healthcare system, along with the expectations by patients and clinicians of…
3D Printing in Medicine – A Transformative Technology
Despite its reputation as an inherently conservative discipline, medicine has always advanced through embracing…
Transforming advances raise great benefits and risks
Unprecedented advances in biomaterials, cell biology, 3D printing and medical imaging have attracted the…
The past keeps happening. We need to do something about it
Recent weeks have again demonstrated problems with Australia’s regulation of medical devices. Those problems…
Consumers in the evolving flux of the Australian medical devices ecosystem
With the ongoing investigations here and overseas into the problems with polypropylene pelvic mesh…
Taking a wise approach to the use of emerging medical devices
Implantable medical devices have been the subject of three Senate Inquiries in less than…
How medical devices play a central role in health care
Global advances in medical technology over the past 20 years have resulted in a…
Advocating for access to health technologies without compromising patient safety
Biomedical innovation is a major societal priority, and public and private funders invest heavily…
A new dimension in dentistry
For more than 20 years dentists and dental laboratories have been using Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided…
Public-private compact plays key role in access to healthcare
To hear industry criticised in the healthcare context for having a commercial orientation, appears…
Ethics and advanced medical devices: Do we need a new approach?
Along with their potential to greatly benefit health, biotechnological advances surrounding medical devices may…
