Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

Medical Software Standard IEC 62304 Ready for World Stage

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

The ratification and update of IEC 62304, a standard for the design of medical products recently endorsed by both the European Union and the United States, has prompted medtech developers to wonder if IEC 62304 might not have the outlines of a global medical device standard. A universal development process ...

Endeavour-Mobile Promises to Ring in New Era in Teleradiology

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

On the heels of iPad telemedicine software, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has unveiled a mobile application for teleradiology. The university has developed what is believed to be the world’s first Android-based teleradiology collaboration platform allowing doctors to download medical images while discussing them in real time.

Reverse Innovation: Why Medical Device Manufacturers Expanding into Foreign Markets Must Tap into Local ER&D Resources

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_431" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Manimaran Rajakannu, General Manager, Medical Devices, Wipro Technologies."][/caption] Bangalore-based Wipro Technologies recently contributed an article to emdt.co.uk advising medical device manufacturers entering the Indian market to engage the services of a local engineering research and development (ER&D) organisation to avoid costly mistakes. As European and US markets become ...

IEC 62304–Compliance Specialist Opens Office in Bangalore

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

IEC 62304 introduces a risk-based compliance structure, which ensures that medical applications comply with the standards suitable for their risk assessment. It outlines requirements for each stage of the development lifecycle and defines the minimum activities and tasks to be performed to provide confidence that the software has been developed ...

AppLabs Acquires ValueMinds to Further Global Growth of Software Testing Services

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Software testing and quality management giant AppLabs, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, USA, but with most of its workforce in Hyderabad, has acquired ValueMinds, a developer of automated testing tools based in Hyderabad. AppLabs offers a combination of consulting, outsourcing, offshore and specialist services to the healthcare and life sciences sector, as well ...

Pilgrim Software Partners with VennTek Systems to Service Life Science Companies in India

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

India’s rapidly growing life sciences sector now can gain access to integrated risk, compliance and quality management software from Pilgrim Software. The company has entered into a strategic partnership with VennTek Systems Inc., a consultancy that provides regulatory compliance and system lifecycle services.