Nick Tippmann

For manufacturers of high-risk medical devices, obtaining data from clinical investigations will be essential to a successful regulatory submission in the US. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all Class III medical devices to go through Premarket Approval (PMA) prior to being placed on the market in the US.

As a medical device professional, you are well aware of how much time and effort goes into getting your product to market. So, with so much care put in every part of the device, shouldn’t you be taking the same sharp eye to detail when it comes to the language you use in marketing it? You have likely heard the terms Clearance, Approval, and Granted used many times throughout the medical device industry. You’ve likely heard them used interchangeably. You’ve likely even heard them used incorrectly.

Simply attending the right conferences can be a game-changer for those in the medical device industry.You might strike up a new partnership, make valuable new connections and of course, bring important new knowledge of regulatory and other industry trends back to your company.There are some medical device conferences that we always attend, and others that we include based on the positive feedback of others. Here is our list of top conferences for 2019 - which will you attend?