AdvaMed® Commends Administration’s Announcement on Elective Surgeries
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker released the following statement:
AdvaMed® Commends Medtech Execs Named to White House Economic Task Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several prominent medical technology company executives have been named to the White House task force designated by President Trump to provide recommendations on how best to safely…
FDA Authorization of STERIS Mask Decontamination System a “Game Changer for Our Heroes on the Front Lines”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed®) today released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker on STERIS’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from FDA for certain V-PRO® Low Temperature Sterilization Systems to allow health care providers to decontaminate N95…
Non-Invasive Ventilators Offer Life-Saving Treatment for Less Severe COVID Patients
WASHINGTON – New clinical evidence produced in recent weeks has shown the benefits of non-invasive ventilators for use in less severe cases of COVID-19-related respiratory problems, which constitute the majority…
Telehealth “Mission Critical” in the COVID-19 Fight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An editorial authored by Andrew Fish, Chief Strategy Officer for The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed®), appeared this week in Real Clear Health on the benefits of telehealth in connecting patients and health care providers, particularly during the current coronavirus (COVID-19)…
AdvaMed® Statement on Media Reports of Price Gouging
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President and CEO of AdvaMed® Scott Whitaker released the following statement: “Given recent allegations of price gouging in some parts of the country, it is important to be…
Tens of Thousands of Life-saving Ventilators on Deck to Combat COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association® announced today that its member respiratory device companies have dramatically expanded the limits of their present production capacity in responding to the…
COVID-19 Test Availability Rapidly Scales Up
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association® (AdvaMed®) today released the following statements by Scott Whitaker, AdvaMed® president and CEO, and Susan Van Meter, executive director of AdvaMedDx®, regarding the medtech…
AdvaMed® Applauds Congressional Passage of CARES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker released a statement applauding congressional passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Industry Welcomes Government Direction On Allocation of Ventilators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association® (AdvaMed®) today sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the administration calling for centralization of procurement and allocation decision-making for medical ventilators…