COVID-19 exposed existing weaknesses that many manufacturers were not aware of. It also made most of them accelerate their digitalization efforts with the aim of solving existing challenges and taking advantage of new opportunities. The current trend of digital transformation will continue as they seek to create quality products, at a lower cost, that comply with more demanding regulatory frameworks.

In today’s episode Bettina Pruemper is joined by Dr. James B. Thompson, who is the Senior Director for Industry Strategy, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical, at Siemens. He’ll share his insight into what is happening in the medical device industry.

In this episode, you’ll learn how digitalization is impacting the medical device industry.  We’ll discuss what the Siemens Opcenter solution does and where it has been successfully deployed by manufacturers, and we’ll also touch on how countries are preparing to meet future medical-related challenges such as the ones brought on by COVID-19. 

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The impact of COVID-19 on the medical device industry (03:32 )


• What is Opcenter and how it helps medical device manufacturers (07:33 )


• How a Siemens' customer was able to get to market faster during COVID-19 (10:24 )


• How Opcenter works (12:02 )

Connect with Dr. James B. Thompson: 

• LinkedIn

Connect with Bettina Pruemper:

• LinkedIn

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