Gradical Podcast - The Podcast about Plastics in Medical Technology

About Gradical Podcast - The Podcast about Plastics in Medical Technology

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

Publisher

Lucas Pianegonda

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Aug 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 52 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   PFAS in MedTech: What You Need to Do Now (Swiss Medtech special, with Martin Scheringer and Arne Jaksch)

   A special episode hosted by Swiss Medtech, with Barbara Mettler asking the questions. Prof. Dr. Martin Scheringer from ETH Zurich, toxicologist Arne Jaksch and Lucas Pianegonda work through what medtech companies should actually do about PFAS this year. In this episode: - Where PFAS sit beyond the product: process water, piping, cooling and cutting fluids, packaging, processing aids - Why your supply chain will be interrupted before any regulatory grace period ends, and what to do about i...

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   30 Sept 2026

   EmpCo, Green-Claims and the ACT Label with James Connelly of My Green Lab

   From September 2026, the EU stops accepting green claims that nobody has verified. Self-certified labels are banned. Fines run up to 4% of annual revenue. I talked to James Connelly, CEO of My Green Lab, the non-profit behind the ACT Ecolabel, the first third-party verified eco-label for laboratory products. Over 5,300 labs in 62 countries have engaged with My Green Lab certification, including 42 of the 50 largest biotech and pharma companies. In this episode: - How the ACT 2.0 label's 100-p...

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   26 Aug 2026

   Win Tenders With Sustainability (Joachim Almdal, Care Pathway Consulting)

   Joachim Almdal, Care Pathway Consulting, explains how understanding care pathways, not just devices, helps win European healthcare tenders by meeting sustainability targets.

Inside a recent episode

Dr. Chris DeArmitt - Plastic Myths

Published 24 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And if you look at what's in dust, a tiny, tiny fraction of it is plastic and it's non -toxic. But we call it microplastic to make it sound scary. The public thinks that this is some new thing and we don't have the, the testing data. But nothing could be further from the truth. I've read 500 studies on microplastics as probably more than anyone in the world has read independently. And there's just, we have 50 years of data showing what it is, where it is, how much it is, and that it's non -toxic. They even fed 5 % microplastic to rats, 5 % of their food for three months, nothing happened whatsoever. […]

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• Joachim Almdal
• Simone Maccagnan
• Damian Carr
• Tim Wagler
• Matthew Yamatin

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