Defibrillators are life-saving products for patients with a heart rhythm abnormality.

Many myths and misconceptions stand in the way of more effective use of these potentially life-saving products.

Five & Alive's diarrheal disease treatment programs educate caregivers on the use of ORS and zinc and expand the availability of these life-saving products through commercial and other non-traditional channels.

Both doctors and device companies defend the financial relationships they have as essential for the development of what are often life-saving products.

WomanCare global was founded to offer access to these life-saving products to the women who need them most.

Industry leaders point out that each product is different and that the standards for life-saving products should be different from those for cosmetic ones like breast implants.

They contend that price controls on drugs and limits on overall medical spending would hobble their ability to finance research, which would mean fewer innovative life-saving products.

And although they make life-saving products, they are not always warmly embraced by the patients who take them.

The company produces life-saving products and pain relievers, including a life-saving antiserum to treat yellow scorpion stings which is approved for use by the Israeli Ministry of Health and marketed to hospitals.

Biotech companies will produce important and even life-saving products, but for an individual company or investor, there is hardly reason for boundless optimism.