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U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients
New York Times - August 21st, 2010
Thirty-five weeks pregnant, Robin Rodgers was vomiting and losing weight, so her doctor hospitalized her and ordered that she be fed through a tube until the birth of her daughter. But in a mistake that stemmed from years of lax federal oversight of medical devices, the hospital mixed up the tubes. Instead of snaking a tube through Ms. Rodgers' nose and into her stomach, the nurse instead coupled the liquid-food bag to a tube that entered a vein. Continue Reading
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Weighing in on FDA changesSeptember 4th, 2010 - Star Tribune
Sep. 4, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Up until three years ago, the medical device start-up NeuroVasx Inc. looked like it was on a trajectory to success.
The Maple Grove company raised $33 million and developed a product to treat very large brain aneurysms, which can lead to strokes. In 2007, the company submitted a 510k application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- a type of regulatory approval that requires the applicant to show that its product is similar to one already on the market.- Separate doctors from industry
August 16th, 2010 - The Boston Globe - Professor questions whether medical devices get enough scrutiny
August 10th, 2010 - Star Tribune - Medical device makers pan FDA proposals
August 5th, 2010 - Pioneer Press - FDA Moves to Bolster Medical-Device Rules
August 4th, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal - FDA proposing changes to the medical-device approval process
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Accounting for Sources of Projected Growth in Federal Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
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