Smith&Nephew Global Wound Academy

Smith&Nephew is a top company in wound management and surgery materials. They have a very good online study source of wound knowledge: Global Wounda Academy.

Regulations of Medical Devices in Asia

Handbook of Medical Device Regulatory Affairs in Asia is an excellent starting book to learn medcial device regulation in Asia. The handbook is the first to cover medical device regulatory affairs in Asia.

Online Resource for Formulation, Raw Materials and Ingredients

• Prospector® search engine from U: Prospector

Good online formulation database including main chemical and cosmetic raw materials companies. So needn't search the companies one by one.

• Household Products Database, the United States

Detailed chemical composition in household products.

• Cosmetic substances and ingredients database in the European Commission

Chemicals used in Cosmetic in EC. can learn cosmetic ingredients according to their functions and cosmetic directive.

• Preservatives from Lonza: FormulaProtect
• Preservatives from Ashland: Preservatives Selector

Third Parties of Biological Evaluation and Biocompatibility Testing of Medical Devices

The biocompability of medical device is the basic requirement to ensure safety of medical devices. Biocompatibility testing shall be conducted in compliance with Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and/or ISO/IEC 17025. Before any test, check related administration if test results of the third-party is accepted.

Some third parties which can carry out biocompatibility testing according to ISO 10993 are listed as below:

• TUV-SUD.
• UL.
• Toxikon.
• Pacific Biolabs.
• Nelson Labs.
• American Preclinical Services.
• Cytox.
• NAMSA
• Medical Engineering Technologies Ltd.
• Shanghai Biomaterial Research and Test Center, cerificated by CFDA.
• WuXi Apptec, cerificated by CFDA.
• GLR Labs.
• RCC Labs.
• PWG.

rsync - a tool for synchronizing files

Rsync is a powerful Unix-type command line tool. I use it to backup my data. The rsync in Mac OX S is version 2.69. Today I upgrade it to version 3.09.

1. Download rsync source file rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz, extract and install:

$ tar xzvf rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz

$ cd rsync-3.0.9

$ ./configure

$ make 

$ sudo make install

It install rsync to /usr/local/bin, so need make a symbolic link:

$ sudo mv /usr/bin/rsync rsync.old (change old rsync name)

$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/rsync /usr/bin/rsync

The New Product Development Decision Process

Philip Kotler's classic book "Marketing Management" gives a flow chart of the new product development decision process from idea generation to commercialization. This is a important reference for the product development.