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New Medical Device Allows Immediate Blood Analysis During Surgery
Timing is everything in surgery and blood analysis informs the doctors about the presence of disease. Now a team of British electronic professors and medical doctors has developed a new device to do...
Medical Device Safety Act would allow state suits, but some lawmakers oppose it.
The Greenville News (5/24, Osby) reported that the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009... would reverse the high court's decision and would allow patients to sue Medtronic under state law. Don...
Obama undoes Bush pre-emption policies.
The AP (5/21, Yost) reports, The Obama White House on Wednesday undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine a wide range of state health, safety and environmental...
House lawmakers hear debate over medical device preemption.
CQ HealthBeat (5/14, Kim) reports that the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee heard witness testimony on a measure that would allow consumers to sue companies under state law...
Tort Reform For Victims of Unsafe Medical Devices: Pass The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009
Hearings began on Tuesday, May 12th before the Subcommittee on Health on H.R. 1346, The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. I explain it below but before you go any further make sure to read the...
Hawaii Swine Flu Update – Tamiflu Stockpiles Vary Widely Throughout World
Hawaii has a few Swine Flu cases, most recently a student up at UH. Our medical community seems well organized and prepared. The entire country seems to be on top of this situation. Embedded video...
Synthes settles investigation into conflicts of interest among physicians researching its products.
The New York Times (5/7, B4, Abelson) reports, The New Jersey attorney general has announced a settlement with a medical device maker accused of failing to disclose financial conflicts of...
Mentor Corporation Sued for Complications Associated with ObTape.
The New York Times (5/5, D5, Rabin) reports that dozens of women are suing the maker of [a] vaginal sling, called ObTape for complications they claim are associated with the product. The product...
Embattled FDA Office of Device Evaluation Accused of Acting Illegally
The New York Times (4/22, A15, Harris) reports, An unusual internal meeting scheduled for Wednesday at the Food and Drug Administration may signal how agency officials intend to handle the many...
