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 […]
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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 […]
Donald Trump: What medtech’s top executives are saying
For the most part, the medical device industry’s top executives have sounded positive about the new Trump administration and Republican Congress during recent earnings calls with analysts. Some such as Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky have even offered advice. And while there are many open questions, top executives insist potential repeal and replace of […]
Trump and medtech: What people in the industry think
Many MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing readers think permanent medical device tax repeal should be a top priority for President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress. Many say the new administration will be good for medtech, too. Those were two of the major takeaways among nearly 100 MassDevice and MDO readers responding to an online […]
Donald Trump: 5 questions medtech needs to ask
From tax breaks to Obamacare repeal, medtech companies are likely due to experience major changes under President Donald Trump. The situation, though, remains unpredictable. “I don’t think that there has been a scenario, not since I’ve been a professional and in politics, where we really know so little about exactly what the key priorities are […]