MedTech Sustainability by Design
MedTech Sustainability by Design is the podcast where the world's leading experts in medical device, sustainable plastics, eco-design, and regulatory compliance share their expertise. Each episode cuts through the complexity of plastic selection, regulatory changes, medical device engineering or sustainable plastics — so MedTech engineers and start-up teams can build devices that are good for the patient, good for the planet and profitable.
Your host, Lucas Pianegonda, is a globally recognized expert for plastics in medical technology. As founder of Gradical, a consultancy dedicated to making MedTech more sustainable with plastics, Lucas has guided dozens of medical device, IVD and pharma companies through some of the field's most complex material challenges. He asks the questions your R&D team would ask and gets you the answers you actually need.
Topics covered include:
• Sustainable plastics and eco-design strategies for MedTech
• Plastic selection for medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and combination products
• Biocompatibility, sterilization and the medical grade concept
• Regulatory requirements and changes across global markets
• Recycling, medical waste, and the circular economy in healthcare
Is your team struggling to make your Device or Packaging more sustainable? Schedule a call with Lucas: https://calendly.com/lucas-pianegonda-gradical/discovery-call-gradical?
Learn more about Gradical and its services at www.gradical.ch
MedTech Sustainability by Design
Why Sustainability and Compliance Are Becoming the Same Thing with Julian Lotz, BIOVOX
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If you're a MedTech company struggling to make your devices more sustainable, let’s talk—BOOK A CALL HERE: https://calendly.com/lucas-pianegonda-gradical/discovery-call-gradical
What if the plastic in your current medical device ends up restricted before your product reaches the end of life?
Julian Lotz, CEO and Co-Founder of BIOVOX, joins the podcast to talk about where material compliance is heading and what to do about it now. His argument is straightforward: patient protection and environmental protection are being regulated by the same logic, and the materials in your device sit right at that intersection.
We cover which regulations are actually coming, which materials are at risk, what the PFAS problem looks like in practice, and why the companies getting their material strategy right today will be in a structurally better position by 2030.
The core takeaway: 80% of your compliance is determined at the design stage. The later you deal with this, the more expensive it gets.
🔗 CONNECT WITH JULIAN LOTZ:
BIOVOX: https://www.biovox.eu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-lotz/
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
🎧 Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gradical-podcast-the-podcast-about-plastics-in/id1773569554
🟢 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4vNQ6rPE2CQUGgQtEY3sYq
📺 YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@GradicalGmbH
🌍 Learn more about Gradical – https://gradical.ch/
📩 Work with Lucas and the team: lucas.pianegonda@gradical.ch
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