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3. Plaintiffs in 4 suits against Intuitive Surgical file for MDL
The plaintiffs in 4 product liability lawsuits filed over Intuitive Surgical’s Da Vinci surgical robot want their cases and any future suits combined into a multi-district litigation likely to focus on problems with the monopolar energy the device harnesses.
2. House passes FDA user fee bill in voice vote
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to reauthorize the FDA’s authority to charge fees from medical device and drug manufacturers for new product review.
1. House Ways & Means to take up device tax repeal tomorrow
The powerful Ways & Means Committee of the U.S. House is slated to review a bill tomorrow that would abolish the 2.3% tax on medical device sales that’s part of the healthcare reform law, as the full chamber gears up for a vote on the measure as early as June 4.
