Marion Webb
Managing Editor
Marion Webb has been writing about medtech since 2017, specializing in covering buzzy segments such as robotic surgery, digital therapeutics and femtech with in-depth features and interviews with leading experts. Her role includes reporting live from industry events, moderating panel discussions and podcasts, tweeting breaking news and engaging KOLs to provide high-quality, business-critical content for Medtech Insight. Marion has been writing about health care issues for more than two decades. She was a long-time biotech reporter at the San Diego Business Journal, worked at Bloomberg News, and contributed to the Los Angeles County Medical Association’s Physician Magazine. Marion was born and raised in Germany, is fluent in German and conversational in Spanish. Off the job, she’s a competitive runner, avid cyclist and swimmer, and enjoys spending time with her domestic partner and her German Shorthair Pointer mix Cora.
Latest From Marion Webb
Medtech DEI Experts Talk Shop: ‘It’s Going To Transform Businesses’
An all-female panel of medtech DEI leaders at the LSX Congress USA conference discussed the importance of diversity and inclusion in research, clinical trials, product development and services to advance health equity as well as fundamental business goals.
Click Therapeutics And Indivior Collaborate On Prescription Digital Therapeutics In Substance Use Disorder
Click Therapeutics and Indivior will develop a digital solution for treating substance use disorders, starting with opioid use disorders. Click already signed partnership deals with Otsuka and Verily and Boehringer Mannheim to co-develop digital therapeutics for patients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder.
Medtronic Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Patient Data Sharing From MiniMed, InPen Diabetes Devices
A class-action lawsuit alleges that Medtronic shared patient data with third parties.
Digital Health Roundup: VR, AI Trends In Rehabilitation; Cybersecurity Regulations; Medicare Updates
In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights VR, AI and other high tech trends in rehabilitation and gait training. Hannah Daniel discusses cybersecurity updates such as the new NIST published draft for an updated version of the Cybersecurity Framework, a recent report by Health-ISAC, and an interview with MedCrypt’s Naomi Schwartz about the upcoming FDA cybersecurity regulations for premarket approvals.
Beta Bionics Secures $100M In Series D Funding To Expand Artificial Pancreas Tech
After receiving US FDA clearance in May, Beta Bionics secured $100m in financing which is expected to be used to commercialize its iLet Bionic Pancreas and “further develop and test the bi-hormonal bionic pancreas.”
Danaher To Acquire Abcam For About $5.7Bn, Expand Services For Life-Science Industry
After a summer of speculation about who will close the deal with Abcam, tech leader Danaher came out ahead and will acquire Abcam for $24 a share.