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3. Baxter axes nearly 100 from New York facility amid FDA inquiry
Baxter lays off nearly 100 employees from its Medina, N.Y., facility that manufactures the Sigma Spectrum infusion pump at the center of an FDA inquiry.
2. Federal shutdown pivots on medical device tax
Congressional wrangling over a federal spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown hinges on the medical device tax.
1. House votes to repeal medtech tax, delay Obamacare
The U.S. House of Representatives votes to delay the implementation of Obamacare for a year and to repeal the medical device tax, triggering promises to reject the measure from the White House and Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and setting the stage for a shutdown of the federal government later today.
