MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) joined forces to propose legislation making permanent a long-running tax credit on research and development.
"A permanent R&D tax credit rewards innovation and entrepreneurship, and gives American businesses the certainty they need to invest, grow and hire," Hatch said in a prepared remarks. "This legislation makes sense, has strong bipartisan support and is essential to ensuring our nation’s job creators have the tools they need to compete around the world."
The credit, signed into law in 1981, has since been extended 14 times, MDDI Online reported.
Docs predict post-prostate treatment outcomes to prevent erectile dysfunction
Using models of post-treatment outcomes, physicians may be able to predict erectile dysfunction up to two years after a patient undergoes prostate cancer therapy, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
Opposition on both sides for Pres. Obama’s $320 billion in health care cuts
Voices on both sides of the health care debate, including AARP and the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, were up in arms over President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut $320 billion in health care benefits from the federal budget, Healthwatch reported.
Is the FDA’s electronic health record exemption disappearing?
Growing FDA oversight of electronic health records and increasing functionality of EHR systems may mean that the watchdog agency’s exemptions for the software, MobiHealthNews reported.
Intelligent T-shirt monitors patient bio-signs
Researchers at the University of Madrid designed an "intelligent’ T-shirt that wirelessly and noninvasively monitors patients bio-signs, according to a press release.
