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Device makers under scrutiny in international bribery beef
8/16/2010
FDA seeks injunction to stop the marketing of a stem cell procedure
8/10/2010
Tylenol's side effect? A brand boycott
8/9/2010
Tech Valley educational consortium lands $1.2M grant
8/6/2010
Medical device ‘best practices’ for animal studies revealed by FDA
8/5/2010
Medical Device Makers Pan FDA Proposals: Moderate-risk Devices Would Need Approval
8/5/2010
New law impacts CATs
8/5/2010
PWC: Medical Device companies fetch $755 million in VC money during Q2
8/4/2010
Big Pharma Won't Wait in Rush for Biotech's Drugs
8/4/2010
Pay-for-Delay Ban Revived in Financial Services Appropriations Bill
8/3/2010
FDA Proposes To Shore Up Medical Device-Approval Rules
8/3/2010
What Keeps Pharma Execs Awake at Night?
7/14/2010
Local manufacturing down 8,600 jobs
7/14/2010
Business Roundtable chief to replace Tauzin at PhRMA
7/13/2010
House FDA Appropriations Bill Increases Funding for CDRH
7/12/2010
Quality of Warning Letters Is Not What It Used to Be, Industry Says
7/12/2010
Supreme Court Decision Could Help Protect Patents for Diagnostics
7/12/2010
Regulation of synthetic biology industry urged
7/9/2010
Lung cancer biomarkers lag technology, collaboration needed
7/9/2010
NY creates web tool to help implement health care law Read more: NY creates web tool to help implement health care law - The Business Review (Albany)
7/8/2010
FDA looks beyond balance in study of efficacy info
7/7/2010
NY Sets Up $50M Fund for Small Biz
7/7/2010
Health industry leaders discuss the future of drug development
7/7/2010
Device Industry Asks President to Ease US Regulatory Burden
7/7/2010
Hospitals Spend Millions on Tech Upgrades
7/2/2010
Industrial biotech gains traction, industry experts say
7/1/2010
Developing Medical Device Software to IEC 62304
6/30/2010
Harmonized Inspection Standard in CDRH’s Future, Official Says
6/28/2010
The Future of Molecular Diagnostics: Innovative technologies driving market opportunities in personalized medicine
6/23/2010
FDA Seeks Sponsor Comment on Drug Co-Development
6/16/2010
First Ready-to-Use Silicone Lubricant for the Medical Device Industry Introduced at MD&M East
6/10/2010
Merck Launches Global Trial Network For Cancer-Drug Creation
6/4/2010
New implant can reduce heart failure hospitalisations
6/1/2010
MDMA Washington Update June 2010
6/1/2010
Healthcare Reform Opens Door to More Whistle-Blower Suits
5/13/2010
Follow-on biologics are included in Samsung's $21 billion growth plan
5/12/2010
FDA to host public meeting on device improvements for therapeutic radiation
5/12/2010
FDA launches Bad Ad Program
5/11/2010
Gates backs 78 new projects for health innovation
5/11/2010
Quantifying pharma's online promotional shift
5/11/2010
Supercomputer With Model Simulations May Shorten Review Time for Devices
5/11/2010
FDA May Be Facing Court Fight if It Oversteps Its Authority
5/7/2010
Expert advises biotech firms to look at device firms' strategy
5/4/2010
MDMA Washington Update May 2010
5/1/2010
The State of Investments in Orthopedics
4/29/2010
Device Finance Landscape Remains Promising
4/29/2010
U.S. High-Tech Industry Sheds 245,600 Jobs in 2009
4/28/2010
FDA to Revise GMPs for Components to Protect Supply Chain
4/28/2010
FDA Changes Process for Medical Device Advisory Committees
4/26/2010
What's Hip in Orthopedic Implant Design
4/14/2010
FDA Sets New Performance Measures in Push to Improve Transparency
4/12/2010
CER could be soon for biopharma industry
4/8/2010
MDMA Washington Update April 2010
4/1/2010
New rules on generics seen as mixed blessing
3/29/2010
Personalized Medicine Looks to Take Step Forward with US Healthcare Reform Plan
3/22/2010
NIH Funding Immunodeficiency Disease Grants
3/22/2010
Drugmakers, non-profits to partner on TB drug development
3/19/2010
Amendment to Patent Reform Act Tightens Willfulness Standard
3/18/2010
Health Canada Issues Draft Guidance on Follow-On Biologics
3/18/2010
Hamburg: FDA Needs More Funding, New User Fees to Protect Patients
3/18/2010
Senate Approves Extension of SBA Programs
3/16/2010
Medical Device CEOs Checking The Pulse On Expenses
3/10/2010
FDA Officials Go to New Lengths to Encourage Applications for Orphan-Drug Status
3/10/2010
Tauzin steps down as reform goes off the rails
2/12/2010
Consolidation & connectivity in instrument development
2/12/2010
Outsourcing Market will Continue to Grow Driven by the Demand from Medical Equipment Industry
2/12/2010
California Hangs On To Its Biotech Crown, But Other States Are Luring Some Jobs
2/4/2010
CDRH: Changes to 510(k) Process in Store for Later This Year
2/2/2010
FDA Requests $4.03 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical Product Safety, Regulatory Science
2/1/2010
MDMA Washington Update February 2010
2/1/2010
CDRH Taps Shuren As Permanent Head, Sets Ambitious 2010 Agenda
1/20/2010
Analysts look ahead to medical-device industry in 2010
1/15/2010
Analysis: Firms seek minor changes as health bill nears finalization
1/15/2010
Health-bill critics target individual mandate in constitutionality inquiry
1/15/2010
NCI Grants Aim to Bridge 'Valley of Death' for Dx, Prognostic, Imaging Tools
1/14/2010
MDMA Washington Update January 2010
1/1/2010
Amendment to Senate bill would delay tax on device firms until 2013
12/15/2009
Report ranks Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse among top 20 metro areas
12/15/2009
Governor Paterson Accepts Final Report From The Task Force On Diversifying The New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships
12/14/2009
Senators take on data mining
12/11/2009
Obama endorses alternative to public option in Senate health bill
12/10/2009
Democrats consider Medicare expansion as alternative to public option
12/8/2009
Senator Grassley seeks financial details from medical groups
12/7/2009
Bayer's neurology pipeline could boost its diagnostic imaging unit
12/2/2009
Orszag: Health care system may take "years to decades" to repair
12/2/2009
MDMA Washington Update December 2009
12/1/2009
Device Firms want two years to comply with electronic MDR rule
11/30/2009
Health care reform could spare medical-device firms
11/30/2009
HHS releases $80 million to train HIT workforce
11/20/2009
Experts call for more aggressive cost cutting in health care reform
11/4/2009
European initiative to set aside more than $230M for research
11/4/2009
Health reform plans do not address price, performance of devices
11/4/2009
House leaders move swiftly toward Saturday health care vote
11/4/2009
MDMA Washington Update November 2009
11/1/2009
Medical Device Lobby Wins Lower Fee in House Bill
10/26/2009
Senators work to overcome 'flawed' SGR formula, despite setbacks
10/26/2009
FDA asks for comments on guidance for third-party certification
10/23/2009
Pleas to spare med-tech firms from federal tax
10/19/2009
ONC weighs requirements for integrating consumer preferences, EHRs
10/18/2009
NIH allots more than $9M for global informatics programs
10/16/2009
White House, insurers battle over health insurance costs
10/13/2009
Trial on Azheimer's disease vaccine to use PET tracer
10/8/2009
FDA publishes PMA safety data on website
10/8/2009
MedTech conference to discuss industry challenges
10/2/2009
MDMA Washington Update October 2009
10/1/2009
Baucus to unveil health bill excluding government-run option
9/15/2009
Siemens expected to set up medical-isotope hub in New Mexico
9/14/2009
Minnesota Governor Opposes Tax on Medical Device Makers
9/14/2009
MDMA Washington Update September 2009
9/1/2009
Analysts, investors see financial benefits of health care overhaul
8/24/2009
Fda To Keep Investigators' Data Confidential
8/24/2009
FDA Names Bioethicist as Senior Adviser
8/17/2009
What is Nuclear Medicine Week?
8/17/2009
New Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs
8/13/2009
$eed NY Website is now Live
8/12/2009
CDRH Director Dan Schultz Resigns
8/11/2009
Obama Hospital Deal Pressures Device Makers, J&J Says (Update2)
8/7/2009
Don’t Wait For Health Care Reform, Medical-Tech Investors
8/5/2009
SUNY chancellor visits DCC
8/5/2009
FDA, Europeans collaborate on drug trial practices
8/4/2009
Biotech Startups Turn To Big Pharma For Survival
8/3/2009
510(k) Sponsors Should Be Wary Of Informal Talk With FDA, Attorney Says
8/3/2009
Global Medtech Companies and Medtech VCs Will Disclose Investment Preferences at Elsevier's 'Medical Device Investor Day' in San Francisco October 19th
8/3/2009
New EU Regulation encourages SMEs and ATMP/device product development
7/29/2009
Under New Leadership, FDA Diagnostics Office To Tighten Its Control
7/27/2009
Nimble, high-tech companies account for manufacturing success in Central New York
7/27/2009
MDMA Washington Update August 2009
7/27/2009
Does research into disease, ticks and malt liquor use stimulate the economy?
7/26/2009
Just what the doctor ordered
7/24/2009
US House Panel Backs Exclusivity for Biologic Drugs
7/24/2009
Obama Backs Health Surtax
7/23/2009
GIA Market Reports Project Medical Device and Drug Industry Growth
7/22/2009
GIA Market Reports Project Medical Device and Drug Industry Growth
7/21/2009
Nancy Zimpher's Early Take on SUNY
7/21/2009
Govs Resist Added Federal Expenses From Congress
7/19/2009
Venture Capital Investment Quickens, But Still Down From '08
7/18/2009
Partnerships ‘beginning of the transformation’ at SUNYIT
7/15/2009
Federal loans for Med Tech Park authorized
7/15/2009
SUNY Breaks Ground For Biotech Center
7/15/2009
$2.4M in stimulus headed to area for biomedical research
7/13/2009
Stripped FDA Globalization Bill to Be Rewritten, Reintroduced
7/13/2009
Obama cabinet members meet Thursday for H1N1 preparedness summit
7/9/2009
Experts Keep Wary Eye on Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu
7/8/2009
Pick to Lead Health Agency Draws Praise and Some Concern
7/8/2009
NYU Langone Medical Center Receives $100 Million Gift to Establish Neuroscience Institute
7/8/2009
HWI Scientist, Dr. Ghosh, Unravels the Molecular Structure of the
7/8/2009
Welch Allyn offers "voluntary separation" to workers
7/7/2009
Throw out the lifeline: economic stimulus funding available for small biotech companies
7/7/2009
Eamonn Hobbs Appointed President & CEO of Delcath Systems, Inc.
7/6/2009
Hobbs returns to CEO seat
7/6/2009
No easy plan for reforming health care
7/4/2009
New tech firms in New York struggle
7/3/2009
Independent Survey Indicates Med Tech Companies Have Broad Support for AdvaMed Code of Ethics
7/2/2009
MDMA Washington Update July 2009
6/25/2009
MedTech Center groundbreaking slated for Friday
6/25/2009
Training a Light on Brain Disease
6/23/2009
NY to finance projects receiving fed stimulus funding
6/13/2009
NY gov offers $100M to leverage federal funds
6/9/2009
Top Democrat pushes for action on biotech drugs
6/8/2009
FDA’s New Website Is Work in Progress
6/8/2009
Key to blood clotting discovered
6/6/2009
GE opens new mammography machine factory in NY
6/5/2009
Billions budgeted for swine flu as programs launch
6/4/2009
FDA wants to keep fewer secrets
6/3/2009
Small Businesses to Get $5M-plus in NIH Stimulus Funds
6/3/2009
European Device Regs To Be Recast In 2010, With Separate IVD Revision
6/3/2009
Health industry delivers savings plan to Obama
6/1/2009
Devicemakers Critical of Guidance on 510(k) Product Sterilization
6/1/2009
FDA: Drug Import Safety Standards Should Be Shared Responsibility
6/1/2009
Isotope Shortage Could Hit Diagnostics Manufacturers
6/1/2009
Minimize Product Storage Costs, Shipping Delays
6/1/2009
SEVERINO CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDED KAUFFMAN GRANT: Will Build Entrepreneurship Case Study and Educational Resource Section For Entrepreneurship.org
5/27/2009
MDMA Washington Update May 2009
5/26/2009
513(g) Device Classification Requests Drop; FDA Plans Guidance
5/26/2009
Life Sciences: Partner Across the Border
5/25/2009
NIH's new rare disease push
5/21/2009
Senators Push for Delay of ‘Public Option’ in Health-Care Plan
5/19/2009
Medical community could face isotope shortage after reactor shutdown
5/19/2009
Senate Confirms Hamburg as FDA Chief
5/18/2009
Market for medical technologies aimed at seniors expands
5/16/2009
Pharma, academia ties difficult to unwind
5/15/2009
New FDA reads journal reprints differently
5/14/2009
Report : HIT and medical technology are prime investments for 2009
5/13/2009
New York - Top 5 Regions Targeting Biotech, 2009
5/13/2009
Calling All Women-Led Life Science Companies
5/11/2009
Transition to ICD-10 could fuel IT growth, survey finds
5/11/2009
Hamburg pledges to bring back public trust in FDA
5/7/2009
Obama Wants Additional $300 Million for FDA
5/7/2009
Obama wants $63B over 6 years to fight global health issues
5/5/2009
Covidien announces 30% decrease in income
4/30/2009
Senate Confirms Sebelius for Health Secretary Post
4/28/2009
Report touts a growth sector
4/28/2009
Upstate Medical University Continues Strategic Growth Plan for Research with UMU-Industry Collaboration Exploration
4/27/2009
Official: White House upbeat on bipartisan bill for health reform
4/15/2009
NIH Dives Into Comparative Effectiveness Clash With Grant Opportunities
4/7/2009
HealthcareOne Changes Name to Inforia, Inc.
4/1/2009
MDMA Update April 2009
4/1/2009
Legislative Update: Massachusetts Finalizes Stricter Marketing Requirements
3/16/2009
Obama announces FDA leaders, unveils food-safety group
3/16/2009
Smaller medical device manufacturers find niche in add-ons
3/13/2009
HHS Forms New Office to Manage Stimilus Funds for Healthcare
3/12/2009
In Bed with Big Pharma
3/12/2009
Merck and Schering-Plough to Merge
3/9/2009
New NIH Stimulus Grants Go Live
3/4/2009
MDMA Update March 2009
3/1/2009
Grappling With Biologic Manufacturing Concerns
3/1/2009
Study: MicroRNAs might predict drug-induced liver toxicity
2/24/2009
Report: U.S. Health Spending to Reach $2.5 Trillion this Year
2/23/2009
NIH Stimulus to Fund Old Grants
2/19/2009
U.S. Represents World's Largest Market for Hospital IT Systems
2/19/2009
OMB director to play key role in Obama's health reform goals
2/11/2009
FDA Joins International Effort to Create Standards for Tubing Connections
2/10/2009
NIH leader: Stimulus mustn't forget biomedical research
2/10/2009
National Instruments to Further Medical Device Development With Grants in 2009
2/9/2009
Sebelius, Bredesen lead race for HHS
2/9/2009
Investors: Biotech to Rebound, Outperform in '09
2/9/2009
Obama Promises Stem Cells Order
2/6/2009
MDMA Update February 2009
2/1/2009
Biotech Companies with Mature Pipelines Gain Favor with Investors
1/16/2009
European investors back early-stage biotech fund
1/14/2009
FDA Set to Get New Leaders
1/12/2009
A Wolfe in Regulator's Clothing: Drug Industry Critic Joins the FDA
1/9/2009
Research advocates call for big hike in NIH grants
1/8/2009
Obama Aims to Help Patients Wipe Away Medical Debts
1/7/2009
House Democrats to Move on Children's Health Care Bill
1/7/2009
FDA's Device Unit Reports Decline in Trial Violations
1/7/2009
Federal Judge Dismisses Medtronic Heart-Device Lawsuits
1/7/2009
Study Shows Potential of Stem Cells in Treating Birth Flaws
1/7/2009
Implantable Defibrillators Save Older Patients Too
1/6/2009
Device Uses Nanoparticles to Control Drug Delivery
1/6/2009
U.S. spent $2.2 trillion for health care in 2007
1/6/2009
Analyst: Recession's Effect on Medical Devices "Remains to be Seen"
1/6/2009
MDMA Update January 2009
1/1/2009
NYC's $60M Program Pushes Electronic Health Records
12/29/2008
Researchers Create Molecular Manual
12/29/2008
FDA teams up with WebMD for consumer-health alerts
12/3/2008
Now, Smart Biobatteries that Releases Drug at Right Rate
12/2/2008
Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Device Trials
11/25/2008
Report: Hospitals Cut Spending on Devices as U.S. Economy Falters
11/19/2008
Woman Gets New Windpipe Made from Own Stem Cells
11/19/2008
NY Gov.’s FY’10 Budget Cuts Would Cleave $5.2B from Life-Science-Related Programs
11/18/2008
Is FDA Persecuting India's Generics Makers
11/17/2008
Credit Crunch Forces Delay at NY Biotech Complex
11/17/2008
FDA to Keep Tabs on Stent Grafts
11/17/2008
Gleaning Good Practices from Warning Letters
11/17/2008
Congress to Look into Claims Against FDA Officials Over Device Reviews
11/17/2008
Big Pharma Slow To Change
11/16/2008
Researchers ID Genetic Signature for Chemotherapy, Radiation Resistance
11/11/2008
CMS Reconsiders Physician Incentive Payment Program
11/11/2008
Post-Election Industry Outlook: New User Fees, More Aggressive FDA
11/10/2008
NYSTAR Expects $1M More for FY 2010, Despite State Budget Woes; More for Tech Transfer and CAT, Less for Faculty Grants
11/10/2008
Medical Advances Will Alter the FDA
11/8/2008
Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture on Nov. 19 Will Explore How Biological Adhesives are Influencing the Development of Novel Synthetic Materials
11/7/2008
Mayo Cuts Clinical Trial Services Biz
11/5/2008
Pharma Research Companies Slipping
10/29/2008
Cash-Poor Biotech Firms Cut Research, Seek Aid
10/29/2008
The Good News for Biotech: New Regulation Opens a New Path to Profitability
10/25/2008
FDA May Not Meet as Many PDUFA Deadlines This Year
10/24/2008
Binghamton Tech-Business Incubator Nears Launch
10/23/2008
Analysis: FDA Advisory Committee System Stretched Extremely Thin
10/20/2008
Revised Process Validation Guidance Expected Shortly
10/17/2008
Coming to Terms with Consumer-Driven Health Plans
10/16/2008
Small Companies Prized for Their Innovation
10/16/2008
FDA Increases Public Exposure of Clinical Trials
10/10/2008
Devices With BPA Added to FDA’s ‘Hot Topics’ List
10/8/2008
Infection Control Guidelines Issued
10/8/2008
Some Hospitals Slow to Adopt Life-Saving IT Tools
10/6/2008
Inficon nabs Defense Department Order Worth More than $1.5 Million
10/6/2008
CMS Solicits Nominees for DMEPOS Advisory Panel
10/3/2008
FDA Publishes List of Approved PMAs
9/30/2008
Industry Expects GAO Report to Challenge 510(k) Program
9/30/2008
EMEA Guidelines Focus on Degenerative Brain Diseases
9/26/2008
Hiring Trend in Medical Device Market Provides Better Qualified Candidates
9/26/2008
Alert Issued on Use of Blood Thinners
9/24/2008
Railways to Expand Telemedicine Network
9/23/2008
FDA Expects to Miss Deadlines for Implementing Changes
9/19/2008
CDRH Gets New Postmarket Czar
9/18/2008
Research Group Offers Guidelines for R&D Efficiency
9/18/2008
New Boilerplate Pacts Proposed for Cancer Projects
9/18/2008
How Safe is BPA in Medical Devices?
9/17/2008
Small Patients, Big Consequences in Medical Errors
9/14/2008
What Nurses Want
9/13/2008
CDRH Issues Flutter Device Guidance
9/12/2008
China Touts Improvements in Postmarket Monitoring of Medical Devices
9/11/2008
Investors Finding Shelter in Medical Devices
9/11/2008
Retail Clinics Haven't Cut Health Costs
9/9/2008
FDA to Spend $2.5B on Technology Upgrade
9/1/2008