Former Medtronic (NYSE:MDT)CEO and Harvard Business School Professor Bill George discusses leadership in this 2011 talk at Stanford.
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Medical Device Tax: Rep. Blackburn stumps for repeal
Congresswoman Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) tells Fox News that efforts to repeal the medical device tax has support in the Senate. but that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is holding up any movement on it.
FDA vs. EPA: Congress weighs in on over-the-counter asthma inhaler ban
Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) delivered a statement of support for H.R. 6190, the Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012. The bill would allow existing inventory of Primatene Mist to be sold on the market, instead of sitting in a warehouse
Olympics: Does double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius have a chance at a medal?
In this video courtesy of the Associated Press, double amputee runner Oscar Pistorius discusses his chances of winning a medal at the London Olympics. Pistorious, who uses prosthetic legs made by Ossur, competes on August 3rd in London.
Affordable Care Act: Provisions for preventative care for women begin this week
Certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act began this week. In this video from PBS News Hour, Margaret Warner talks to NPR’s Julie Rovner about the benefits to women.
Medical Device Tax: Cook Medical talks plant cutbacks on Fox
Pete Yonkman, executive vice president of strategic business units at the Bloomington-based medical device company Cook Medical takes to the airwaves to discuss the company’s recent announcement that it is scrapping plans to open 5 new facilities in the midwest because of concerns about the medical device tax.
Regulatory: Is the FDA hurting biomedical innovation?
This November 2011 video features a panel discussion based on an analysis of published data from a study conducted by the California Healthcare Institute and Boston Consulting Group study, “Competitiveness and Regulation: The FDA And The Future of America’s Biomedical Industry,”
The study confirms a common view of the FDA: namely, that the agency represents a serious, and growing, barrier to innovation.
Industry executives, analysts and a patient advocate discuss their own views on the subject of regulatory review and access to innovative therapies.
Medical device Tax: Abiomed CEO testifies before House Committee on Small Business
Video of
Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) chairman, president & CEO Mike Minogue testifying before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Small Business on July 25, 2012.
Minogue told members of the House that the impending 2.3% medical device tax will pose an extra burden on small businesses that “need every dollar to survive.”
His testimony begins at the 10:00 mark in the video
iPods in the OR: Knee replacement surgery meets mobile technology
Dr. George Branovacki from the Bone and Joint Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center discusses a new technique for using an iPod during knee replacement surgery.
InTouch Health and iRobot unveil the RP-VITA Telemedicine Robot
First to combine the latest in telemedicine with state-of-the-art autonomous navigation and mobility
