A section of the recently-passed bill to address the opioid crisis could have implications for medtech. The 250-page Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act) contains a provision that would require manufacturers of certain medical devices, drugs and biologics covered by Medicare, Medicaid, […]
Here are the top 5 medtech stories of mid-2018
A growing U.S. trade war with China and other countries casts a pall on medtech — and U.S. business in general — in mid-2018. The landscape of the medical device industry continues to evolve, though. There’s a major corporate spinout in the works, as well as a mega-merger that apparently was not to be. Read […]
Trump tariffs place nearly $1 billion in duties on the medtech industry
The U.S. medical device industry is facing nearly $1 billion in tariffs from the Trump administration, about $4 billion less than what was originally expected, according to AdvaMed. Customs and Border Protection began collecting the additional duties on July 6. The Trump administration announced in April that it intended to impose tariffs on $50 billion […]
Trump tariffs leave medical device companies in the dark
U.S. medical device industry representatives, for now, appear to be taking a wait and see approach as President Donald Trump’s administration wrangles over trade policy and threatens tariffs against China. The status of China tariffs on medical devices is unknown at this time as the Trump administration continues to make changes to its trade policies […]
Trump tariffs would take a $5B bite out of the medical device industry
The U.S. medical device industry could come out as a major loser if the Trump administration ends up fighting a trade war with China, according to experts following the situation. Out of the $50 billion in tariffs against imported Chinese goods that the U.S. Trade Representative is proposing, $5 billion involves medical device and technology […]
Tom Price is out as HHS secretary
Tom Price has resigned from his post as U.S. health and human services secretary after days of fending off criticism over chartered flights he took on the public dime. The announcement today out of the White House said Don J. Wright – presently assistant secretary for health and director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health […]
Wisconsin biotech industry optimistic about state’s Foxconn win
Wisconsin’s biotech industry sees opportunity in Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn’s decision to spend $10 billion on a 3,000-employee plant in the state’s southeast. That’s because the 8K liquid crystal display (LCD) screens made at the new Foxconn campus could enable new medical solutions for surgical procedures, according to BioForward Wisconsin. “BioForward and Wisconsin’s biohealth community welcomes […]
5 officials running healthcare under Trump
President Donald Trump’s critics complain that the president has yet to make hundreds of appointments to midlevel positions. But at least with healthcare, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of who is in charge. Just on May 10, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb as FDA commissioner. Here are 5 top officials shaping […]
The top medtech stories of early 2017
The new Trump administration and Republican Congress – and all the accompanying change and uncertainty – is the major story for the medical device industry. But there are many other medtech stories worth noting from the first quarter of 2017. There was an FDA warning over Abbott’s Absorb bioresorbable stent, a continued spate of M&A deals, […]
Analysis: 5 ways Trump is making things uncertain for medtech
Want a word to sum up 2017? Try “uncertainty.” Chris Newmarker, Managing Editor Wall Street investors remain on a sugar high from the new Trump administration and Republican Congress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up hundreds of points since President Donald Trump’s promise to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday that he wanted to […]
6 huge things you could have learned at MD&M West
Heather Thompson, Senior Editor A greater willingness to embrace failure and innovate—and a “yuge” elephant in the room named Donald—those are some of the major themes this week as 20,000 medical device engineers and executives meet in Anaheim, Calif., for the annual MD&M West conference and expo. Here are six things one could hear echoed throughout the […]
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