Information technology
Apple has hired the guy who 3-D printed his own brain tumor | ABC News
The company recently brought on Steven Keating, the MIT doctoral student who made a 3D printout of his own brain after he was diagnosed with a tumor.
Medical devices and equipment
This is why a direct-to-consumer medical device company is a risky undertaking | MedCityNews
Last week I had a startup entrepreneur come to me with an idea about how to "pivot" his company strategy. The company, which had begun as a medical device company but couldn't quite find it's market, was considering re-emerging as a consumer-focused digital medical device company in an adjacent market.
Pharmaceuticals
As a competitor encroached, Mylan took one state to court to push EpiPen sales, documents show | STAT
The pharmaceutical company Mylan has developed a reputation for fighting tooth-and-nail to promote its flagship product, the EpiPen.
Bristol-Myers shuffles management and its chief strategy officer is leaving | STAT
Following setbacks with an important cancer drug, Bristol-Myers Squibb reorganized some key managerial slots last week and, as part of the shuffling, chief strategy officer Emmanuel Blin will leave in June, according to a memo written by chief executive officer Giovanni Caforio.
Safety, quality and clinical practice
Our costly addiction to healthcare jobs | The New York Times
The country has grown increasingly dependent on the health sector to power the economy, and it will be a tough habit to break. Thirty-five percent of the nation's job growth has come from health care since the recession hit in late 2007, the single biggest sector for job creation.
