The coatings utilised on medical devices have become increasingly important to their function and safety. As we enter the age of the coatings, advancements in multi-functioning and non-leaching coatings will be crucial features of enabling medical device manufacturers to design more benefits into their technologies. Concurrently, medical product developers and manufacturers face a barrage of regulatory challenges and a particularly constrained environment that must be overcome if they want to bring new products to market. To combat this, companies must develop a strategic roadmap for navigating the increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

Companies should be looking at every part of their development plan when considering how best to approach regulatory issues. Similarly, organisations planning to bring a new medical device to market should consider the benefits of using a single high-end consultancy as they navigate the entire product development process.

In this session, Arjun Luthra will discuss not only the importance of coatings, but also review the increasingly complicated landscape manufacturers have to face and how it can be navigated using steps learnt by BioInteractions over the last 30 years.