Marion Webb
Managing Editor
Marion Webb has been writing about health care issues for nearly two decades as a full-time reporter and freelancer. As the senior business reporter for the San Diego Business Journal, Marion covered new medical innovations at San Diego’s top-ranking research institutions and the medical device and life sciences industry for nearly eight years. She’s also been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles County Medical Association’s Physician Magazine and Physicians News Network focusing on new technologies, practice management, reimbursement and other trendy issues relevant to physician practices and their ability to succeed. She remains fascinated by the ever-growing numbers of innovative products coming out of the medtech sector, from potentially life-saving devices to help treat patients who otherwise wouldn’t have access to medical care to breakthrough technologies that benefit mankind. Marion earned her BA in communications from UC San Diego and continues to enjoy an active lifestyle in San Diego.
Latest From Marion Webb
Device Week, 9 June 2021 – ATTD Medtronic Update; CVRx IPO
In this week’s podcast, Medtech Insight's UK-based reporter Barnaby Pickering provides an update on Medtronic’s MiniMed 780G insulin pump cost-savings study, presented at the Advances Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference. US Commercial and R&D manager, Reed Miller, highlights details on CVRx’s recent IPO.
Medtronic Announces FDA Approval Of SenSight Directional Lead System For Treating Movement Disorders
Medtronic said it will launch the SenSight DBS in the US after winning FDA approval. The total DBS market is expected to exceed $1bn by 2024, according to Meddevicetracker.
Guardant Health, Roche’s Foundation Medicine Receive FDA Companion Diagnostic Nods
Roche’s Foundation Medicine still leads Guardant Health in terms of total companion-diagnostic US FDA approvals as both companies announced new PMA supplements.
OTC Digital Health Technology Companies Noom, Hello Heart Score Additional Funding
Akili Interactive, Hello Heart and Noom announced new funding rounds today, proving that investors’ strong appetite for companies that are part of the digital transformation in health care.
Device Week, 28 May 2021 – Diabetes Device Market Update
This week’s podcast highlights Medtech Insight’s latest Market Intelligence report on continuous glucose monitors, a rapidly growing sector driven by innovation and patients’ demand for easier-to-use devices.
Winners: Digital Health Companies Noom, Akili, Hello Heart Scored New Funding
Akili Interactive, Hello Heart and Noom announced new funding rounds today, proving that investors’ strong appetite for companies that are part of the digital transformation in health care.