Final Medicare Payment Changes Still Benign For Device Cos (Nasdaq)Final changes to Medicare hospital-reimbursement levels for the upcoming U.S. fiscal year appear slightly improved compared with a generally benign earlier proposal, suggesting the system won’t create headaches for medical-device companies in the near term.
The medical device industry has been quick to adopt, implement, and give further definition to the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) Code of Ethics and its provisions, according to a survey released today by .Survey finds 90% of medical device companies adopted AdvaMed's .
WHAT WE DO > The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) is a national trade association based in Washington, DC. Since 1992, MDMA has been the unified voice advocating .The Medical Device Manufacturers Association
Drug companies “boosted their lobbying in Washington during the three months (that) ended June 30 amid a flurry of congressional action on health care,” while overall, “Washington’s lobbying business continued to slump as the economy pinched budgets at some big companies and trade associations,” The Wall Street Journal reports. medical device
The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed an amendment to their broad health reform bill giving drug makers 12 years of exclusive rights to market new biologic drugs, “a setback” to the administration and consumer advocates who hoped to make generic drugs more widely available, the Wall Street Journal reports. medical device
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NYSE AMEX: SVA), a leading provider of vaccines in China, announced today that the clinical trial of its A/H1N1 influenza vaccine is proceeding well. All of the volunteers have received their first shot of the vaccine and, during the three-day observation of safety, the preliminary tests on the A/H1N1 influenza vaccine have indicated that the vaccine is safe and reliable in humans. medical device
