September 13, 2016
Martell Winters, consultant and senior scientist at Nelson Laboratories, is now instructing a course at Brigham Young University (BYU) entitled “Industrial Microbiology and Sterilization.” The course is limited to juniors, seniors, and graduate students and is focused on providing a...
See BlogApril 12, 2016
The use of three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques to address challenging fabrication problems has become mainstream over the past decade. While this rich resource has extended fabrication of personalized medical devices to the limit of our imagination, the myriad materials and...
See BlogMarch 25, 2016
FDA is proposing to ban powdered surgeon’s gloves, powdered patient examination gloves, and absorbable powder for lubricating a surgeon’s gloves. The Agency determined that an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury may occur from using these medical products and...
See BlogMarch 8, 2016
We may be seeing an increase in activity from medical device manufacturers as a result of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113) which lifted the Medical Device Excise Tax for two years beginning January 1, 2016. Since January...
See BlogSeptember 9, 2015
The business of getting medical devices to market is a complex web of variables including the laboratory testing we do at Nelson Labs. We know that an intimate knowledge of regulatory behavior, draft guidance and guidance documents can significantly improve...
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