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		<title>What is Product Development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Product Development?   This is a question that has nagged at me since I started working for Creo Quality.  It certainly seems like something that I should know the answer to, since I am working for a company that deals in product development.  Alas, the answer had thus far eluded me.  So, I set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA, What Exactly Are Your Plans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading about the FDA launching its Strategic Priorities for the CDRH for 2012. Here are the highpoints of the Priorities: Fully Implement a Total Product Life Cycle Approach Enhance Communication and Transparency Strengthen Its Workforce and Workplace Proactively Facilitate Innovation to Address Unmet Public Health Needs At first glance they all seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 22, 2012- Life Science PM Public Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Life Science PM Public Meeting Wednesday February 22nd, 2011 5pm – 7pm Where  351 W Tenth St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Risk Management with External Stakeholders – Conversations on both sides of the partnership Please join us for the LSPM February meeting. Guest speaker Jenny Vessels, Owner/Consultant of the Learning Purpose, LLC will discuss how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Device Companies Raising Prices to Offset Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/medical-device-companies-raising-prices-to-offset-taxes/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=medical-device-companies-raising-prices-to-offset-taxes</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/medical-device-companies-raising-prices-to-offset-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Speer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Device - General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MassDevice reports that many medical device executives surveyed indicated that they would be increasing prices of their products to offset the impending 2.3% medical device tax. It was bound to happen. I hear through the grapevine that the debate on the medical device tax is far from over.]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Checked Out Creo Quality on YouTube?</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/have-you-checked-out-creo-quality-on-youtube/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=have-you-checked-out-creo-quality-on-youtube</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/have-you-checked-out-creo-quality-on-youtube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Speer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[medical device]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed the power of video from our monthly email communications. We&#8217;re making an effort to include videos more often. In fact, in 2012, we have started providing monthly updates on CQ projects and activities. Be sure to check out the February 2012 update&#8211;lots of exciting projects! Of course, we have plenty of other videos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting More Like A Start-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/acting-more-like-a-start-up/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=acting-more-like-a-start-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/acting-more-like-a-start-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Speer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 9, 2012 Dilbert: &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Business Plan Competitions</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/upcoming-business-plan-competitions/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=upcoming-business-plan-competitions</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/upcoming-business-plan-competitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Speer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Propel Business Plan Competition (from iBio) The fourth annual PROPEL Business Plan Competition at iBIO IndEx will highlight the many formation-stage and early-stage life sciences companies of Illinois and the surrounding Midwest. Applicants for this highly selective entrepreneurial competition will compete for a $10,000 cash award. Timeline: 3/12/2012 &#8211; Application Deadline 4/5/2012 &#8211; Announcement &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camp Out with Your Customers to Get Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/camp-out-with-your-customers-to-get-ideas/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=camp-out-with-your-customers-to-get-ideas</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/camp-out-with-your-customers-to-get-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Device - General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creoquality.com/?p=4351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you come up with inspiration when it comes to medical device product development? Robert G. Cooper and Angelika Dreher wrote an interesting article dealing with the concept of Voice of Customer (VoC) Ideas for idea generation.  One of the techniques they discuss is ethnographic research. Ethnography involves “camping out” with customers or observing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Human Interaction, Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/who-needs-human-interaction-anyway/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=who-needs-human-interaction-anyway</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/who-needs-human-interaction-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creoquality.com/?p=4347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Can Texting Keep Teens From Becoming Depressed?”  This title caught my eye. Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand used these concepts to develop and test an intervention for adolescents focused on preventing depression.  The intervention was designed around 15 key messages derived from cognitive behavior therapy.  These positive and encouraging messages were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cockroaches Produce Electricity</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/cockroaches-produce-electricity/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cockroaches-produce-electricity</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/cockroaches-produce-electricity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creoquality.com/?p=4322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Case Western Reserve University managed to generate electricity from naturally occurring chemicals within the abdomen of the false death’s head cockroach. How does this help us, you might ask?  The thought is that if we can learn to harvest energy from within the human body, we may spur the development of a new generation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAMSA Training Series</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/namsa-training-series/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=namsa-training-series</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/namsa-training-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creoquality.com/?p=4337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[    Spring Training in Boston, MA!   Get a jump-start on your education this spring by registering to attend one or both of NAMSA&#8217;s upcoming Training Series.    Biocompatibility of Medical Devices: Two Day Certification Course, and new 2 Day course on Mastering Regulatory Sterilization and Microbiology    All courses will be held at Hilton Boston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/fashion-sense/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fashion-sense</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/fashion-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creoquality.com/?p=4305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The effects of stress on health have been a main focus area for public health research, but progress has been limited due to a lack of wearable sensors that can be worn effectively in the field, until now. Researchers at Ohio State University recently analyzed wireless, wearable sensors that are a part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Still My Heart</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/be-still-my-heart/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=be-still-my-heart</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/be-still-my-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It defies explanation that an artificial heart that doesn’t actually beat would be functional.  Even more amazing, one of these beatless hearts was actually implanted in a man who was dying from amyloidosis and had no other options.  The operation saved his life, although by current medical criterion (he had no heartbeat) afterwards he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revising Indiana&#8217;s 21st Century Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/revising-indianas-21st-century-fund/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=revising-indianas-21st-century-fund</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/revising-indianas-21st-century-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Speer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[21st Century Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in IBJ titled &#8220;Bill Aims to Lift Upside for 21st Century Fund&#8221; about a bill filed in Indiana legislature by Senator Brent Waltz. Without having read all the specifics of the bill, it&#8217;s a little reckless for me to chime in too much. However, I want to highlight one point Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Us You Really Mean It, Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/show-us-you-really-mean-it-mr-president/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=show-us-you-really-mean-it-mr-president</link>
		<comments>http://www.creoquality.com/2012/02/show-us-you-really-mean-it-mr-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lroberson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Device - General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a conservative who obviously did not vote for Obama.  Although I am not outspoken about my political beliefs like my ultra-conservative husband (you don’t want to get him started), this blog post by Shana on mddionline.com about the recent State of the Union Address caught my attention: [...]]]></description>
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