Mass. State Legislature to Focus on Job Growth and Economic
Development in 2005
The Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives are expected
to consider numerous bills of particular interest to the state’s
medtech community in the legislative session opened on January
5. Legislative leaders are expected to give high priority to passage
of an economic stimulus package that will likely include various
incentives and credits to emerging growth sector companies, including
medical device firms.
This winter and spring MassMEDIC will
conduct a series of informational seminars addressing issues ranging
from safety standards to direct-to consumer advertising
Here’s a list of events on tap for the coming months:
MassMEDIC’s Ninth Annual Conference
Save the Date – May 3, 2005
The annual gathering of the region’s medtech community will
take place on Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. at the John
F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. The meeting's agenda will
feature presentations on barriers to innovation, a medtech market
analysis and how home healthcare trends will impact the medical
device sector. Look for more program details and on-line registration
soon.
