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 talk about medical device tax "architect" Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and his retirement announcement, the ongoing debate over gene patentability, a bump in the road for Medicare chief nominee Marilyn Tavenner and the FDA’s mobile adverse event reporting app.
Find all of today’s referenced stories here:
Sen. Baucus:
- Obamacare architect Baucus to step down at year’s end
- Sen. Max Baucus’s retirement and its effect on repeal
Gene patentability:
FDA postmarket surveillance: