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Our Blog: Worth reading for everyone who is enthusiastic about medical innovations!
In our blog, MII experts and partners from our network address key issues and questions in the healthcare industry. From practical tips and reports on the experiences of founders to insights from the perspective of investors and auditors.
Click through to find out how medical innovations are successfully brought to market.
4C Community x FEMture
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You Can’t Be What You Can’t See! – Increasing Visibility for Female Founders in Medical Technology
Diverse teams are more successful – as highlighted in McKinsey’s recent report, Diversity Matters Even More [1], which means...
MII x IntegraSkin – Aligning business model with regulatory requirements
Bringing an in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) to market successfully requires not only regulatory compliance, but also a business model...
Clinical evaluation – more process than paper
The new version of the European regulatory framework for medical devices in the form of the MDR has resulted in a dynamization...
4C Unplugged 2024 – A day of innovation and collaboration
On 10 October, we welcomed over 130 guests to our annual networking event for MedTech innovation, the '4C Unplugged'. 37...
MII x MindAhead – With confidence to the CE mark of a medical device class I
The digital health startup MindAhead faced the challenge of declaring self-conformity for its risk class 1 product while meeting...
MII x EARLAB – From a research team to an audit-ready QMS
Bringing a medical device or in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) product to market requires industry-specific expertise that startups...
The role of the Notified Body – An interview with an auditor
Certification of the quality management system and obtaining the CE marking for their product are important milestones for...
Pitch Contest “4C Check-up” – Team Semanux convinces the expert jury
A total of nine medical startups competed against each other in the "4C Check-up" online pitch contest. The aim of the...
Planning, approval and implementation of a clinical investigation – Experiences of the startup Skinuvita
In order for medical devices and IVDs to receive a CE marking, proof of their safety and performance is required. In most cases,...
MII x OSORA – Faster go-to-market and why the medical device is now at the end of the roadmap
OSORA has gathered a variety of starting points for market entry in order to position the technology for bone healing...
MII x Fysor – How an idea became the product “Apelvo”
An innovative product idea with a pure training approach can be launched on the market as a lifestyle product. But such a...
MII x sync2brain – From business model development to a certified legal manufacturer
Medical innovations often emerge from research and are driven by a scientific perspective. However, in order for such product...
The 4C Alumni Gathering 2023 – Driving medical innovation together
A strong network, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration with established partners in the healthcare industry are important...
Seeking investment? – The relevance of the 4Cs from an investor’s perspective
Questions about the 4Cs and their interrelations play a central role in the development of a plausible business model in the...
Selective contracts as an opportunity for startups to enter the market? – Insights by Experts of BKK Linde
74 million people in Germany, and thus almost 90 % of the population, have statutory health insurance. So when it comes to the...
MII x Erbe Elektromedizin – Bringing valuable medical innovations into use despite strategy change
Highly innovative companies are often spoilt for choice: which technologies have potential and strengthen the overall strategy?...
From an auditor’s perspective: pros & cons of eQMS
As the healthcare industry continues to grow, it is essential to ensure quality and compliance with regulatory standards....
„There is no such thing as one price!” – Interview with sales expert Claus Michelfelder
With 11 years of experience in the top management of established healthcare companies, including B. Braun, as well as over 20...
Clinical evaluation as a central knowledge management process – Interview with Robert Radloff
Clinical studies - that's what the C3 in our 4C concept stands for. Our C3 also includes the clinical evaluation, a central...
4C Christmas Pitch – Team nanoshape enters Startup BW state finals
Shortly before Christmas, we at the MII were able to give a very special gift to one startup: a ticket to the state finals of...
Medical device on the rocks – The importance of design freeze for a medical device
As an early-stage startup, you are usually in the middle of your development process in order to implement your innovative idea...
Recap: 4C Alumni Gathering 2022
After 2 years of remote meetings, the alumni startups of the 4C Accelerator Tübingen finally met in person on October 6. At the...
Sales launch as a lifestyle product through the 4Cs – The startup tinus in an interview
Not every product that was originally intended as a medical device actually is one: it depends on the intended use! That's what...
Clinical data for the clinical evaluation of a medical device – How to proceed?
The requirements for clinical evaluation and the significance of clinical data for medical devices have become greater as a...
The way to a QMS – How startups overcome this hurdle
In most cases, distributors of medical devices or in vitro diagnostics need a certified Quality Management System – QMS for...
Why we are more than an accelerator – 7 questions to our CEO
The MII is best known for its "4C Accelerator" - and rightly so: more than 20 teams have now successfully completed the program...