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  • Cover of the free StarFish Medical guide “Drug Delivery Decisions,” featuring a gradient design with wave patterns, offering insights on drug-device combination product strategy.

    Drug Delivery Strategy Guide

    This in-depth drug delivery strategy guide from StarFish Medical explores how to design, develop, and deliver breakthrough drug-device combination products.

  • StarFish Medical Request for Proposal (RFP) template cover with white star logo and DNA helix graphic.

    Free Medical Device RFP Template

    Choosing the right design and development partner is one of the most critical decisions in bringing a medical device to market.

  • Thumbnail showing “First to Invent” with yellow exclamation marks transitioning via red arrow to “First to File” with a folder of patent documents, illustrating the shift in patent rules discussed in the Bio Break episode.

    Patent Documentation Habits

    Nick Allan and Nigel Syrotuck dive into the evolution of patent documentation habits in engineering and medical device development.

  • AI data folder concept on a circuit board representing artificial intelligence in hardware design and component management for medical devices.

    AI for Hardware Design in Medical Devices

    AI is quietly reshaping how hardware teams work. At StarFish, it’s become a versatile collaborator across the product lifecycle from early sketches to prototype validation.

  • 96-well lab plates with a red arrow pointing to a green recycling symbol, representing lab plastic recycling for sustainability in medtech.

    Lab Plastic Recycling in Medtech

    Nick Allan and Nigel Syrotuck explore the massive volume of single-use plastic in labs and discuss a new company working to close the loop through a circular economy approach.

  • “Hands holding books under the text ‘End-of-Summer Reads,’ highlighting FDA regulatory books and PCR memoirs.

    FDA Regulatory Books and PCR Memoirs: End-of-Summer Picks with Nick and Nigel

    Nick Allan and Nigel Syrotuck share their end-of-summer reading list, featuring FDA regulatory books and PCR memoirs. From navigating regulatory hurdles to celebrating groundbreaking discoveries, their choices show how science reading can be both educational and entertaining.

  • Project manager using AI project management dashboard on laptop with holographic interface for medical device development.

    How AI Affects the Project Manager Role?

    Project managers are on the front lines of rising complexity in medical device development. They sit at the intersection of vendor timelines, regulatory constraints, and engineering realities.

  • Pill and vial with arrows over world map. Overlay text reads: ‘Depends where’.

    Global Drug Delivery Challenges Explained

    While medical devices often dominate development conversations, the way drugs are delivered across regions can dramatically change how treatments succeed — or fail.

  • Clinician using a tablet with a medical GUI design showing an anatomical interface, charts, and health metrics to illustrate safe and reliable medical software.

    Medical GUI Design: Key Differences from Web Apps

    As a software engineer with experience in both web development and medical system software engineering, I’ve worked on projects ranging from consumer-facing web applications to medical device graphical user interfaces (GUIs).