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A compromise reached by the FDA and device industry on medical device user fee reauthorization should benefit both parties and speed patient access to innovative technologies, AdvaMed President Stephen Ubl said.
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Citing the availability of safer alternatives, the European Commission is proposing a near-total ban on mercury measuring devices, beginning Aug. 1.
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Cordis stent defect leads to a field safety notice for its S.M.A.R.T. Control Nitinol stent system due to a potential sterility breach in the pouches of all unexpired lots.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) pushed for increased transparency in the medical device industry in order to guarantee hospital, Medicare and taxpayers are paying fair value for the implanted devices used in hospital care.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury released proposed regulations on who will and who won’t be subject to the 2.3 percent medical device tax, carving out some exemptions for early-stage devices and providing a little clarity on fears of a double tax for contract manufacturers, importers and component manufacturers.
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As he showed off Swan Valley Medical’s new catheter insertion device last month, Larry Sampson pointed out a painful truth about the catheter business.
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Acute cerebral ischemia was more successfully treated with a new stent retriever, the Solitaire Flow Restoration device, than with the FDA–approved Merci Retrieval System.
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When John Decker’s wife, Karen, was transported to the Aiken emergency room about a year ago, doctors relied on Decker to provide medical information that his wife was unable to provide for herself.
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