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3. Industry groups commit to war against medical device tax as 1st due date arrives
The 1st payments on the 2.3% medical device tax are due today, but medtech lobbying groups aren’t fading in their drive for repeal.
2. J&J dodged years of warnings before recalling metal hips, lawsuit claims
Uncovered documents from the 1st of a slew of patient injury lawsuits to go to trial against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics and its metal-on-metal hips suggest that company officials ignored warnings that the implants failed earlier than they should have, lawyers for the plaintiff claim.
1. Boston Scientific gains on Q4, 2012 numbers, announces more layoffs
Boston Scientific shares gain on Wall-Street-beating results for the 4th quarter and 2012 as the medical device company announces plans to lay off up to 1,000 workers worldwide.
