On March 28, Sinopharm (Shanghai) Medical Device Supply Chain Co., Ltd. and Calibra signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou, China.

Recently, executives from multinational medical enterprises intensively visited China or revealed their plans to visit China. It is becoming a common question for most multinational medical businesses to explore how to support China's high-level opening up.

Becton Dickinson announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Magnolia Medical Technologies, under which the firms will co-sell and comarket the Magnolia Medical Steripath and Steripath Micro Initial Specimen Diversion Device, which complement the BD Vacutainer specimen collection portfolio.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices has rebranded as Johnson & Johnson MedTech as the unit moves deeper into digital technology.

On January 29, Shenzhen Tisenc Medical Devices Co., Ltd. underwent an industrial and commercial change. All the original shareholders withdrew, and WONDFO BIOTECH (300482) was newly added, holding 100% of the shares.

In case you missed it, the Medical Device Regulations in Canada quietly got updated in December 2020. The new regulation intends to boost post-market safety and requires manufacturers to submit a summary report.

FDA clearance for a watch it says is capable of detecting atrial fibrillation through a medical-grade ECG and measuring blood oxygen levels from the wrist.

The European Union is proposing to delay the go-live date for the incoming medical device regulation pertaining to In Vitro Diagnostics for products that still need assessment of a notified body.

Trends toward wearable medical devices are growing, both in the consumer sector and in healthcare. “There are many trends, both in the hospital segments and consumer segments, and they go based on specific needs or wants—what the consume