Canadian Hospital Specialties Limited Joins AdvaMed®, the World’s Leading Medical Technology Trade Association

February is American Heart Month—a time to spotlight cardiovascular disease and highlight innovations that can improve patient outcomes. For the medtech community, it’s an opportunity to address persistent gaps in care through technology, data, collaboration, and policy advancement. Despite progress in treating heart conditions, sleep disorders—especially sleep apnea—remain a significant and underrecognized contributor to poor cardiovascular outcomes.1 Tackling this issue requires clinical awareness and supportive policies for timely diagnosis, coverage, and care beyond traditional settings.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, representing more than 650 medtech and health tech companies, the majority small businesses, today expressed support for renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Scott Whitaker, AdvaMed president and CEO, made the following comment on the renewal. 

WASHINGTON—AdvaMedDx, the AdvaMed division representing the leading manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic tests, welcomed the reintroduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act by Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.), Mike Levin (D-Calif.), and Mike Carey (R-Ohio). 

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced Melissa Torres is the new Executive Vice President of Technology and Regulatory Affairs. Torres succeeds Janet Trunzo, who retired after 30 distinguished, productive years with AdvaMed. 

As tariff uncertainty continues in 2025, AdvaMed plays tariff chess, advocating for predictable, zero-for-zero policies to protect medtech innovation and access.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the world’s largest trade association representing medical technology innovators, announced that its Medical Device Submissions Workshop Series (February 23-27 in Washington, D.C.) has been officially approved for RAC recertification credits by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS).

AdvaMed Digital Health Tech division member companies include world leaders in developing AI-enabled solutions to improve health and care, from diagnosis to treatment, clinical decision support, and wearables to wellness. “The Insight Series: AI & Digital Health” will feature company experts, answering pressing questions to inform policymakers and the public about how AI and digital health are transforming care and delivery. Our inaugural entry is a conversation between Melissa Cha of Amazon and Taha Kass-Hout of GE HealthCare.

After 30 years at AdvaMed, Janet E. Trunzo, Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Executive Vice President of Technology and Regulatory Affairs, will retire on January 31, 2026. Her tenure has fundamentally shaped how medical devices are regulated in the United States and globally, establishing frameworks and standards that continue to govern the field today.