In a speech on the Senate floor this week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) blasts the FDA over reports that the agency surveiled scientists in its medical device review section.
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Covidien’s Solitaire FR Revascularization Device Receives Regulatory Approval in Brazil
Medical Device Tax: Sen. Scott Brown urges Senate to support repeal amendment
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks from the Senate floor on July 12, 2012 to urge his colleagues to repeal the medical device tax. Sen.’s Brown and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) filed an amendment to the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (S. 2237) that would repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device sales.
Medical Device Tax: Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls for repeal
On June 7, 2012, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R- MN) spoke on the House floor regarding the Health Care Cost Reduction Act, which will repeal an Obamacare tax on medical device companies.
Spine: InVivo CEO talks paralysis on Fox & Friends
InVivo Therapeutics (OTC:NVIV) CEO Frank Reynolds talks spinal cord injuries and breakthroughs in treatment with Fox & Friends.
A Conversation with Edwards Lifesciences CEO, Michael Mussallem
CHI’s David Gollaher sits down with Edwards Lifesciences CEO Mike Mussallem to discuss the future of biomedical innovation, American healthcare and the business outlook of California’s Lifesciences community. Click here for more information on CHI.
World Health Medical Technology Conference
Innovative medical technologies are changing the face of patient care in the developing world. New low cost point-of-care diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, neo-natal and emergency care, and hand-held imaging probes are just a few of the products that are saving lives and improving care in emerging markets around the world.
How federal laws make innovation dangerous
Harvey Silverglate, a Boston-based civil liberties attorney, at the MIT Enterprise Forum in Cambridge, MA on April 27, 2011. Silverglate, author of Three Felonies a Day (Encounter, 2009), explains here how vague federal laws endanger those in the business of innovation. Click here for our full coverage of the event.
Covidien CEO Joe Almeida talks innovation, emerging markets
Covidien CEO Joe Almeida speaks at the MassDevice Big 100 Roundtable, July 11, 2011 about innovation, emerging markets and the worst mistake he’s made in his professional career. Click here to hear the entire interview.