Remove the Obstacles to Medical-Device Innovation, California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Suggests

JournalNow.com -- An unprecedented tax and unjustified delays in bringing novel products to market are crippling the U.S. medical-device industry. A new tax in 2013 and a Food and Drug Administration that stalls new devices, which in turn denies lifesaving benefits to American patients, has jeopardized the well-being of thousands of North Carolina patients, millions of people worldwide and the health of a sector that is among the most innovative in the world.