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3. Feds level off-label charges against Stryker, other pain pump makers
A Missouri federal court unseals an off-label marketing lawsuit against Stryker and other pain pump makers, perhaps influenced by a ruling earlier this month protecting off-label marketing as free speech.
2. Venture Capital: VCs, CEOs temper optimism about 2013
Venture capitalists and CEOs are reserving their optimism for specific economic sectors next year, and the medical device industry isn’t 1 of them.
1. Zoll CEO Packer on device tax repeal efforts: No pessimists on the front lines
Zoll CEO Rick Packer says that tax repeal advocates on the front lines of the discussions with Washington are optimistic that the levy on device makers will be addressed before it hits in January.
