Hospitals may be overpaying for implantable medical devices and passing those costs on to Medicare, but it is impossible to know for certain because Medicare doesn’t track device prices or what hospitals pay for them, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concludes.

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GAO: Lack of Transparency in Hospital Device Purchasing

A lawsuit that charges the FDA with monitoring the personal email of former CDRH employees has sparked a congressional probe and prompted fears among legal experts, who say the FDA’s actions could have a chilling effect on other whistleblowers.

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Fired FDAers Sue for Email Monitoring: Senator Moves for Probe of FDA

Manufacturers whose devices are reprocessed and later cause injury may have some liability protection, a recent federal court case evaluated by the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) suggests.

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Devicemakers May Have Some Protection in Reprocessed Failures

A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive…

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Device Provides A Platform For Viewing Cancer Cells And Other Macromolecules In Dynamic, Life-Sustaining Liquid Environments

Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological molecules – potentially leading to new ways to treat or prevent diseases such as breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease…

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Protein Structures Offer Clues To Breast Cancer, Alzheimer’s Treatment, Prevention