From leadership changes to tax repeal to robots — lots of robots — this was a busy year for the medical device industry. Here are 10 stories in the medtech space that especially caught the eye of MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing editors and readers in 2019. Next>>
Could the U.S.-China trade war stifle medical device innovation?
Makers of high-value medical devices such as MRI machines will likely swallow the cost of the U.S.-China trade war, but that means cutting R&D and other costs, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The report — “U.S.-China Tariff War Implications for the Healthcare Industry” — also predicts that when it comes to […]
These 7 trends matter the most for medtech in 2019
The medical device industry is experiencing another eventful year in 2019. Medtech companies face many headwinds, from the U.S.-China trade war to an FDA under fire. But the industry is also seeing the rise of new technologies — especially robot-assisted surgery. In fact, so many major companies are getting involved in robot-assisted surgery that some […]
The U.S.-China trade war: Here’s what it means for medical device industry suppliers
If the tariffs actually make a country great again, it might be Malaysia, Vietnam or Costa Rica, global medical device industry suppliers say. The U.S.-China trade war is certainly affecting where U.S. medical device companies decide to make their products. But don’t expect a bunch of manufacturing to come back to the United States. “They […]
These medical devices are exempt from the Trump tariffs on China
The U.S. yesterday exempted several categories of medical devices from the 25% tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the Trump administration, including surgical, radiotherapy and dental devices. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said the new exclusions are retroactive to July 6, 2018, when tariffs went into effect on some $34 billion in imports […]
Stents, knee implants undergird Trump’s new trade war with India
The Trump administration yesterday opened hostilities in a pair of new trade wars, using India’s price caps on coronary stents and knee implants as the centerpiece of the new policy there. The White House said it plans to end India’s preferential trade status in 60 days under the Generalized System of Preference. “India’s termination from […]
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 […]
Stocks slide further as Trump doubles down on China tariffs
The Trump administration yesterday added $200 billion worth of tariffs to the $50 billion in trade levies already slated to go into place next month and threatened to add $200 billion more, sending share prices down The news put the Dow Jone Industrial Average on track for its longest losing streak in 15 months and […]
Markets slide on Trump’s China tariffs
Stock markets the world over slipped today after the Trump Administration pulled the trigger on $50 billion in tariffs against China, including medical devices made in the People’s Republic that could put a $5 billion hit on the U.S. medtech industry. The new tariffs impose an extra 25% duty on Chinese imports with “industrially significant” […]
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 […]
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