Medical Device Industry Spent More Than $28M On Lobbying Federal Government In 2007

The drug companies are not the only ones in the lobbying business along with these efforts of securing FDA approval for electronic devices.....BD 

Medical device companies in 2007 spent more than $28 million on lobbying the federal government, compared with $26.5 million in 2006, according to a preliminary analysis of U.S. Senate records conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. In 2007, medical device companies lobbied Congress on an FDA reform bill, Medicare legislation, a bill that would require companies to disclose payments to physician consultants and legislation that would encourage health insurers to cover remote monitoring devices.

Medical Device Industry Spent More Than $28M On Lobbying Federal Government In 2007, Analysis Finds