Welcome to the latest edition of the MassDevice.com’s D+Vice Talk, our new webcast, in which we review medical device stories from the last week.

In this episode we discuss round up the latest developments in the effort to repeal the medical device tax, the new budget proposal for the Dept. of Health & Human Services and some recent trends in the industry.

Find all of today’s referenced stories here:

Medical device tax:

• Medical device tax repeal bill gains enough co-sponsors to pass House
• Will the House move on medtech tax repeal?

The HHS budget proposal:

• New HHS budget proposal would add $821M to FDA’s coffers

 Industry trends

• Medtech M&A Madness
• Innovation report: Medical device patents surge