Medical device design
& development

In this Bio Break episode, Nick and Nigel explore why some GLP-1 drugs are taken daily while others last a full week, and what drives that difference at a molecular level.

Choosing the right project estimation approach can make or break a medical device program. Learn when to use a gut feel, rough order of magnitude, or detailed estimate to balance speed, accuracy, and risk.

Ozempic is a synthetic version of a hormone your body already makes. That hormone is called GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1), and your intestine releases it naturally when food arrives.

Accelerated aging in medical devices is a testing method used to estimate how a product will perform over time by exposing it to elevated conditions, most often heat. In simple terms, it is a way to simulate months or years of aging in a much shorter timeframe.

In a recent article for MD+DI, StarFish Medical Software Manager Sean Daniel explores how remote medical devices reliability is becoming a defining challenge as devices move beyond traditional clinical environments into homes, workplaces, and public settings.

This medical vs wellness example shows how device classification can directly change functionality. Even when hardware is similar, what the device is allowed to do can be very different.