Medical device industry stakeholders have spent much time and money lobbying to repeal the 2.3% medical device tax before it takes effect in January, but voices from Capitol Hill are starting to temper that enthusiasm.
Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), who was one of a dozen Democrats to sign on to a House bill to repeal the medtech levy earlier this year, told reporters last week that medical device makers may have better luck repealing the tax in 2013.