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
News We’re Watching: Edwards Scoops Up Cardio Firms, BD And Quest Partner, Admera Settles Kickback Case
This week, Edwards announced that it has purchased JenaValve and Endotronix; a New Jersey lab has agreed to pay the government $5m for violating anti-kickback law; eCential Robotics’ spine platform made its debut for human use; and more.
Biolinq Aims To Transform Diabetic Glucose Monitoring With Needle-Free Patch
Biolinq’s CEO Rich Yang spoke to Medtech Insight about the company’s wearable patch in development, which uses tiny microsensors to measure, for now, glucose, with ample runway for additional indications down the line. If approved by the US FDA, the device would become the first of its kind to monitor glucose levels in diabetes patients not using insulin.
Digital Health Roundup: Brain Talk On Seizures, Alzheimer's, Stress, Anxiety; Medtronic's OR Report; Health Care AI; UK Guidances
In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights AI discussions at the HLTH Europe conference and an interview with Motif Neurotech's CEO Jacob Robinson. Elizabeth Orr discusses DeepWell DTx's newly launched VR game for treating stress-related hypertension and anxiety. Natasha Barrow provides an overview of Digital Mental Health Technologies regulation in the UK and Brian Bossetta reports ‘the good and bad’ from Medtronic's report on digital technologies' use in the operating room.
News We’re Watching: Nipro Medical Invests $397.8M In First US Facility; Baxter, Hamilton Ventilator Recalls; FDA Warnings; And More
This week, Nipro Medical Corp. announced it will invest $397.8m to build a US-based production plant, generating 232 new jobs; both Baxter and Hamilton announced ventilator recalls; Imperative Care wins FDA clearance for its stroke catheter; Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc entered into a conditional sale and purchase deal to sell its Clinical AI business to GE HealthCare for £40.5m; RMI distributed 350m rapid test kits in the fight against HIV/AIDS; Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production Co., Ltd received a second FDA warning letter about quality and safety of plastic syringes.
Truvian Health Raises $74M In Funding For Automated Benchtop Blood Testing Analyzer, Pursues FDA Clearance
Truvian Health said it raised $74m in venture capital funding, which the company plans to use in part to try to secure US FDA clearance for its blood testing platform.
Healthtech Leaders Discuss Impact (And Risks) Of Generative AI and AI In Health Care
AI and generative AI ruled much of the discussion at HLTH Europe 2024. A panel of health care leaders from Microsoft, Philips, insitro and Johnson & Johnson discussed how these new technologies are already transforming health care and pointed to risks and challenges.