Industry News
Forging Ahead in Medical Product Development
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command realigned major functions of two subordinate commands, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, July 9, at Fort Detrick, ... Read More
VA schedules ribbon-cutting for Aurora’s new Veterans Affairs Hospital for July 21
Veterans Affairs will start moving patients and equipment from the old Denver hospital to the new Aurora location this month. The ribbon cutting for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is scheduled for July 21. On July 27, ... Read More
VA funding dispute sidelines Congress’ appropriations progress
Work on a “minibus” of multiple federal agencies’ fiscal 2019 budgets was abruptly halted Thursday over a dispute regarding Department of Veterans Affairs health funds that critics say could cripple the agency in coming years. A ... Read More
Conferees urged to reject Senate-passed Tricare fee increases
The Military Coalition, a consortium of almost three dozen associations and veterans groups, is urging House-Senate conferees, as they negotiate a final defense policy bill, to reject Senate-passed language that would impose higher ... Read More
Court Interprets Trade Agreements Clause Applicable to Federal Procurements
The US Court of Federal Claims recently interpreted the Trade Agreements Clause applicable to federal government procurements of more than $180,000 as permitting the purchase of domestic end products, even if they are deemed to be ... Read More
Foreign Military Sales Fortify Medical Readiness of U.S. Allies
When the U.S. Army decides to send Soldiers into battle, they do not go alone. Increasingly, military actions are joint, multi-service operations that often include coalition partners. U.S. allies are essential to effective modern ... Read More
FDA takes action to support American military personnel by granting an authorization for freeze-dried plasma product
Today, the U.S Food and Drug Administration announced that an emergency use authorization (EUA) has been granted to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to enable the emergency use of Pathogen-Reduced Leukocyte-Depleted Freeze-Dried ... Read More
NIH and VA collaborate to boost veterans’ access to cancer clinical trials
Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute ... Read More
Senate panel OKs Trump nominee Robert Wilkie to lead troubled VA
A Senate panel has voted to approve President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead Veterans Affairs. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee agreed on voice vote Tuesday to back Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary. Independent ... Read More
Trump’s Chinese tariffs threaten to cost medical device makers $138 million a year, MITA says
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports will cost American medical device makers more than $138 million this year, the Medical Imaging and TechnologyAlliance estimates. As a result, the group is calling for a “timely and ... Read More