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3. Medical device makers ink interoperability pledge
Nine medical device companies ranging from industry titans to small-cap movers inked a pledge to make the data generated by their devices available to patients, in a move aimed at ridding the healthcare system of unnecessary deaths by 2020.
2. Bill Clinton urges healthcare stakeholders not to leave patients “sicker and broke”
Former President Bill Clinton addressed an audience of healthcare industry stakeholders last night, asking them to help leave the system better than they found it through coordinated efforts to leverage technology and expertise in the interest of patient health.
1. Juror selection begins for Johnson & Johnson transvaginal mesh lawsuits
A bellwether trial against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) started this month, with lawyers beginning to select jurors to hear a lawsuit accusing the healthcare giant of liability patient injuries allegedly caused by the company’s transvaginal mesh implants.
