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Contract manufacturers add contract design to their services: increasingly, contract manufacturers are offering design services to the industry. The advantages of this to medical device companies are outlined.

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An evolution

Contract manufacturers have always viewed themselves as filling one void or another in the medical device life cycle. Yet, they are playing an increasingly significant role in the development of new medical devices by evolving through physical expansion and by adding services and developing and adopting new technologies.

Increased opportunity has led to greater competition among contract manufacturers. The need to differentiate or expand services has become an important way of developing a competitive advantage. These expanded services can be found at both ends of the product and project lifecycles. On the product side, contract manufacturers have increased their transactional services to include supply chain management...

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