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HSA’s and medical devices

09.07.2010 by Chad Schneider

Has the Health Savings Account affected consumer’s spending habits? Is that affecting the design specification for consumer medical devices?

Business, Engineering, Product Design

BIO Partnering – An instrument company meets pharma folks

06.15.2010 by Jenny Regan

We attended the BIO 2010 conference to learn more about the confluence of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in the growing field of personalized medicine. Based on the crowds at the conference and the encouraging stance of the FDA, there is a movement to bring us instrument geeks into the pharmaceutical business.

Business, Engineering, Problem Solving

Do I really need to know this?

06.01.2010 by Chad Schneider

Those “core” classes in college may seem superfluous when trying to tackle an engineering curriculum, but I’m grateful that I was exposed to topics like business, philosophy, and psychology.

Business, Engineering, Staff

Maryland – A Biotechnology Leader

05.12.2010 by Jenny Regan

Last week I attended the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) 2010 conference in Chicago, where I learned that the biotech industry thinks Maryland is a great place to do business, and it’s on track to get better.

Business, News

Give Me Some Satisfaction

04.20.2010 by Jenny Regan

In a recent survey conducted by Legacy MedSearch, employee satisfaction rates were low and varied widely depending on the size of the company.

Business, Resources

Healthcare Bill Offers Tax Opportunity for Small Biotechs

04.06.2010 by Chad Schneider

While Congress will be adding a new excise tax on device sales starting in 2013, it has provided up to a 50% tax credit for qualified pre-clinical and clinical activities conducted to get devices to market, starting in the 2009 tax year.

Business

On being indispensable

02.15.2010 by Chad Schneider

How have you made yourself indispensible to your boss, your company, your clients? In the business of life, you can consider each a customer. As customers, don’t they deserve your very best work product?

Business

"Have you ever worked on [insert your project here] before?"

01.12.2010 by Chad Schneider

You’d probably like to hear that Key Tech has already built a product just like yours, but if that were true, you might not end up with much competitive advantage in the marketplace. Instead, we go to great lengths to hire and retain talented engineers who seek out new challenges.

Business, Engineering, FAQ, Staff

Survey Results: Scouting for New Technologies and Business Partners

11.17.2009 by Jenny Regan

Over the past year or two, Key Tech has taken advantage of improvements in the usability and functionality of online tools to share information quickly and easily. Over the same period, we’ve observed dwindling attendance at industry conferences. So, where is everyone?

Business, Engineering, Resources

Product Development: Way More Than Technology

10.27.2009 by Jenny Regan

The success of a new product, no matter how complex or innovative the technology involved, is directly tied to a lot of factors that have much less to do with science and much more to do with everything else.

Business, Product Design

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