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01/28/2010
As President Obama delivered his State of the Union address this week, Congressional Democrats continue to examine options on moving health care reform legislation forward. Democrats discussed the...
01/27/2010
The House of Representatives and Senate have both passed legislation that would temporarily extend the Small Business Innovation and Research program through April 30, 2010. Both the House and Senate...
01/20/2010
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health announced today that Jeffrey Shuren, M.D. will be the permanent director of the Agency; Shuren has been the Acting Director since September. “MDMA...
01/15/2010
This week, MDMA President and CEO, Mark Leahey attended the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The conference is a unique opportunity for industry leaders, emerging medical technology...
01/08/2010
Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study examining FDA approvals of PMA cardiology products 2000-2007 PMA. The study’s authors attempted to draw a parallel...
12/28/2009
On December 24, the Senate passed H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) along party lines by a vote of 60-39. The bill included numerous provisions of interest to device...
12/11/2009
Mark Leahey, MDMA President and CEO, was a keynote presenter at the 8th Annual LifeScience Alley conference in Minneapolis on December 9th. Leahey addressed the changing landscape at FDA, which...
12/10/2009
With mounting opposition on both sides of the aisle to the “public option” in the Senate delayed its debate this week to rework the legislation to include an alternative plan to the public option...
11/19/2009
Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released the Senate health care reform legislation this week. The bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is the combined product of two...
11/13/2009
A commentary in Forbes Magazine Online this week offers a unique insight into the misaligned incentives of group purchasing organizations. The author, a former executive with a large GPO, comments on...
