In 2015, the Medical Devices Group surpassed 300,000 members.

We gave eight free webinars, hosted the third annual 10x Medical Device Conference, and many of us met in person, talked here, and made valuable business connections.

Here are the most popular discussions in 2015, ranked by number of comments.

Tax leads to lay-offs, frozen R&D, no raises http://bit.ly/taxing-matters

Siemens, Pfizer, Hospira, and You http://bit.ly/Hospira-and-me

Is the US chasing away innovation? http://bit.ly/US-chase

Worthless Wearables http://bit.ly/worthless-wearables

Do You Want to Die Someday? http://bit.ly/come-sweet-slumber

Are better outcomes smoke and mirrors? http://bit.ly/better-smoke-better-mirrors

Greed, Food, and Healthcare http://bit.ly/greed-food

Rep-less Devices http://bit.ly/death-of-a-device-salesman

Wow. 2.3% Med Tax Suspended for Two Years! http://bit.ly/wow2point3

Outside of funding, why has your device not launched? http://bit.ly/why-u-no-launch

Why so many functional and noncompliance issues? http://bit.ly/whats-going-on-here

Holy Grail or Scam http://bit.ly/holy-grail-or-scam

Thank you to everyone who shared with the group. We have a real community here and I am grateful for you.

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QUESTION for today’s discussion:

What are your 2016 predictions for the medical device industry?

Will business be up, flat, or down?

What will be the biggest news story of the year?

And in case you missed last week’s announcement: http://bit.ly/preparing-for-2016

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510(k) and CE MARK WORKSHOP IN THE UK

Medical Devices Group Advisory Board member Rob Packard is teaching on February 9, 2016. The cost is $799 per person.

See http://bit.ly/Packard-UK

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SUPER BOWL WINNER?

Who will win the Super Bowl?

The first group member who guesses the correct teams and score will receive one free admission to the 10x Medical Device Conference.

There’s no consensus in the early pickings. Try your luck at http://medgroup.biz/superbowl

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PEDIATRICS 2040

If you’re in the pediatric space, maybe I’ll see you in California this week? http://medgroup.biz/peds2040

Congratulations to organizer Anthony Chang. What a speaking roster!

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Make it a great week.

Joe Hage
Medical Devices Group Leader

P.S. We park the good stuff at http://medgroup.biz/MDG-SITE Register there now to stay up to date.

Roman Iospa
Investing into the future… CEO BiCOM Inc President DevelopAll Inc
thanks for the overview, helped me catch up

David Alon
ceo @ Com-Sense (IoT), X ceo Aloda (OLYMPUS IL)

Joe Hage
🔥 Find me at MedicalDevicesGroup.net 🔥
Elizabeth, submit a discussion about it! I’ll publish it for group conversation.

Elizabeth Gillman
HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE
Am interested to know what the group thinks about Medtronic’s InterStim device in terms of its effectiveness for all kinds of OAB.

Maha Doraiswamy
QA analyst
I am looking for full time opportunity in south bay by summer in QA (CAPA, Complaints, Software Validation.

Mickey Wayne Naschke
Pedal 4 Purple founder 4 Epilepsy Awareness
Great too see Medical Devices get such a voice.. I have Cyberoniccs VNS for 16 years been a long road!!