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MedTech Europe generally focuses on five policy areas of common interest to its forming associations. The areas are the environment, health care associated infections (HCAI), industry data, health technology assessment (HTA), and its internal five-year-industry strategy aiming to “increase value-based innovations” that allow "healthcare systems to become more sustainable". [6]
Icahn considered his investment and intervention into Hologic to have been a success, with his nominees to the board of directors resigning on March 3, 2016 [5] and exiting his position by May 16, 2016. [6] In 2017, Hologic acquired Westford, Massachusetts-based aesthetic medicine company Cynosure for $1.65 billion. [7]
The 21st Century Cures Act is a United States law enacted by the 114th United States Congress in December 2016 and then signed into law on December 13, 2016. It authorized $6.3 billion in funding, mostly for the National Institutes of Health. [1]
Disasters and accidents A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the South Korean capital Seoul kills four workers and injures ten more. (Yonhap) EgyptAir Flight 804 A French naval vessel detects a possible signal from the missing black box of EgyptAir Flight 804. (CNN) (The New York Times) 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire Residents return to Fort McMurray for the first time since May 1 ...
The Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 was created to speed up the FDA's approval process of medical technology by introducing sponsor user fees for a faster review time with predetermined performance targets for review time. [60] In addition, 36 devices and apps were approved by the FDA in 2016. [61]
NASA reports that July 2016 was the hottest single month in recorded history (going back to 1880), at 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) above the 1950-1980 global average. [226] NASA confirms that fracking is responsible for a huge methane hot spot in the United States. [227] [228]
Business and economy TransCanada, the firm that unsuccessfully applied for cross-border permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline, files a lawsuit against the United States alleging that the refusal of permission violated the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Reuters) International relations 2016 North Korean nuclear test A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sungjibaegam, North Korea, is ...
A medical device hijack (also called medjack) is a type of cyber attack.The weakness they target are the medical devices of a hospital. This was covered extensively in the press in 2015 and in 2016.