Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)
The on-field cardiac arrest of football player Damar Hamlin raised the profile of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). An AED helped save his life.
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AdvaMed® Statement on House Passage of Critical R&D Tax Provision
AdvaMed, The Medtech Association®, released the following statement from President and CEO Scott Whitaker upon the passage of a research and development expensing tax provision critical to medtech innovation in the…
AdvaMed® Urges Congress to Pass R&D Tax Provision Promoting, Preserving Medtech Innovation
Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed, The Medtech Association®, today urged Congress to enact a research and development expensing tax provision critical to medtech innovation. The provision would delay…
ICYMI: AdvaMed® Calls for Greater Federal Prioritization of Medtech
In a new op-ed in RealClear Health, AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker called on the Biden Administration to ensure the medtech industry is considered as it implements policies to…
As Congress Holds Hearings on Diabetes, AdvaMed® Highlights Critical Role of Medtech in Diagnosis, Treatment
Today, diabetes was front and center during a Senate HELP Committee hearing, prompting AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker to release the following statement on the ways life-saving medical technology…
In Comments to FDA, AdvaMed® Maintains Support of Agency’s Authority to Regulate LDTs
Today, AdvaMedDx® submitted comments in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s Proposed Rule: Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests. AdvaMedDx® is a division of AdvaMed® representing companies that develop in…
AdvaMed® Statement on the PREEMIE Act
Today, AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker released the following statement upon House passage of The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act:
AdvaMed® to Congress: EPA’s Proposed EtO Regulations Put Patient Care at Risk
In testimony today before a key congressional subcommittee hearing, AdvaMed, The Medtech Association®, called for a balance in the proposed regulations of the method used to sterilize 20 billion, or…
AdvaMed® Urges Congress to Avert Shutdown, Protect Patients
Today, AdvaMed, The Medtech Association®, called on congressional leaders to work together to prevent a federal government shutdown.
AdvaMed® Applauds Ongoing Congressional Efforts to Address Coverage for Breakthrough Technologies
Today, following a legislative hearing on improving seniors’ access to innovative medical devices and technologies, AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker commended the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on…