The US Food and Drug Administration is to hold a workshop in which it will seek stakeholder feedback on the adoption, implementation and use of unique device identifiers in various health-related electronic data systems 1 . Implementing UDIs in ...
The US Food and Drug Administration's procedures for overseeing medical device recalls are unclear and represent a missed opportunity for the agency to proactively identify and address risks presented by unsafe devices, the Government Accountability ...
US medtech industry association AdvaMed has developed best practice guidance to help member companies comply with its revised code of conduct on ethical interactions with healthcare professionals that has been in place since July 2009 1-4 . The ...
Orthopaedic specialist Stryker has said it is “disappointed” by a US federal grand jury indictment that accuses the company’s biotech division and several employees of improper marketing practices and intentionally defrauding the Food and Drug ...
A broad coalition of US medical technology companies and industry associations is urging Congress to repeal the $20 billion medical device tax that is set to come into effect in 2013 1 . The 2.3% medical device tax, which was passed as a part of the ...
The US Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance ( MITA ) is expecting to significantly strengthen its membership in the coming months by extending it to include the radiopharmaceutical industry 1 . MITA will seek to represent the radiopharma sector's ...
