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Amanda Pedersen

MD+DI Senior Editor. I have covered medtech news for 17 years. My 5-year plan is to get to level 50 on Pokémon Go. All opinions expressed here are my own.

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  • 4 days ago | mddionline.com | Amanda Pedersen

    Trivia Tuesday: When was artificial intelligence first mentioned in MD+DI? In recognition of FDA's agency-wide AI integration for scientific reviews, this week's Trivia Tuesday question explores how far back the term "artificial intelligence" goes in MD+DI's digital archives. We were surprised to see the first mention of AI in the publication dates all the way back to March 1996.

  • 4 days ago | mddionline.com | Amanda Pedersen

    FDA plans to fully integrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) internally across all FDA centers by the end of June, following the completion of a generative AI pilot for scientific reviewers. Yes, this means your next medical device submission to FDA will likely be reviewed, in part, by AI. “I was blown away by the success of our first AI-assisted scientific review pilot.

  • 4 days ago | mddionline.com | Amanda Pedersen

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  • 1 week ago | mddionline.com | Amanda Pedersen

    Sanjeev Valentine, director of Maidax Scientific, put it best in his recent LinkedIn post: Boston Scientific isn't slowing down; it's buying the future of medtech. In just 12 months, Valentine noted, Boston Scientific has acquired six companies. "...each solving real problems in heart disease, cancer, stroke, and more."Most recently, the company closed on its $600M SoniVie deal.

  • 1 week ago | mddionline.com | Amanda Pedersen

    Joe Kiani beat overwhelming odds to build a better blood oxygen monitoring device. Kiani, who immigrated in poverty to the United States from Iran as a child, according to Forbes, founded Masimo in 1989. As an electrical engineer, he grew the Irvine, CA-based company from a literal garage startup into a $2 billion public patient monitoring company, competed successfully against Medtronic in the pulse oximeter market, wasn’t afraid to take on Apple—and won.

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2 Jun 23

RT @maraantonoff: At an academic conference this am, I poured coffee outside a meeting before I entered. I was informed that the coffee was…