Biocompatibility testing is hot right now, in part because of the sharp increase in the number of FDA submissions containing fraudulent data. Some unethical third-party testing labs are sending their clients data mined from old 510(k) submissions - and passing it off as fresh data.

So what's a medical device manufacturer to do? That was the topic of conversation this month when I chatted with Mike McGrew and Sandi Schaible from WuXi AppTech.