This week's top 5: Editor's pick

Our editor Laura Hughes highlights her five must-read articles for this week.

1. Johnson & Johnson loses court case over surgical mesh

The company has been described as negligent during a case within Australian federal court over the vaginal mesh implant.

2. Compamed and Medica 2019: Where materials, fake data and digital twins met

From new materials and devices to digital twins to the role that fake data can play in the future of healthcare, it was all on offer at Medica, says Lu Rahman.

3. Incomplete implementation of IVDR and EU MDR threatens patient care

MedTech Europe has said it remains held back by “slow and piecemeal implementation” of the new In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation (IVDR) and Medical Device Regulation (MDR) framework.

4. Smaller scale plastics recycling could be a 'game changer'

The issue is not with plastics, but rather around the recycling of plastics and its inappropriate usage.

5. FDA provides an update on sterilising medical devices with ethylene oxide

Ethylene oxide is commonly used to sterilise medical devices. However, recently the levels of ethylene oxide, which is classed as a carcinogen, have been found to be too high at some sterilisation facilities resulting in closure of the plants.