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Congress Passes, President Signs Legislative Measure to Extend User Fee Program

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State Legislative Update

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"Clearing the Path" for Home Healthcare Products

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MedTech Continuing Education Opportunities from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

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Environmental News – DEP Regs/European Directives

The Mass. Department of Environmental Protection has proposed regulations to streamline environmental requirements for Massachusetts medical device and biotechnology facilities. The regulations provide medical device and biotechnology companies with exemptions from certain industrial wastewater, air pollution and hazardous waste rules. A copy of MassMEDIC’s letter to the Department of Environmental Protection may be found by clicking here.

Capaccio Environmental Engineering, a MassMEDIC member, has prepared issue briefs on two European Directives that will impact medical device manufacturers: Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive; and Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. To access these issue briefs, please click here.

MassMEDIC to Sponsor OEM New England’s Medical Suppliers Pavilion

MassMEDIC Notes

NxStage Medical, MassMEDIC member located in Lawrence, recently announced its plans to file an initial public stock offering. …Insight Product Development recently launched a web site devoted to medical device product development. The site will provide information on industry trends, design controls and case studies of product development methodologies. Further details can be found at: www.insight-md.com … Innovative Spinal Technologies, a start-up company spun out of the Texas Back Institute, will relocate its operations to Massachusetts, according to recent news releases. The company, currently in the process of selecting its base of operations, plans hire 40-50 employees by the end of the year. Commenting on his selection of Massachusetts, the company’s CEO, Scott Schorer said "We looked at Minneapolis and Silicon Valley but chose Boston because of the people. The universities produce a lot of engineers, and the market also has ancillary businesses that develop professionals that do similar work as we do.” …. MassMEDIC’s booth location at MEDICA 2005 has been finalized – Hall 14 D17. If you or your company representatives are schedule to attend this year’s show, November 16-19 in Dusseldorf, please make plans to drop by the MassMEDIC exhibit area. A reception for Massachusetts companies will be held on the evening of November 17th. Please check next month’s MassMEDIC Notes for further details.

MassMEDIC gratefully acknowledges the support of its Premium and Sustaining Members.

Premium Members

Accellent

BD

Cambridge Consultants

Genzyme Corp.

Goodwin Procter, LLP

Haemonetics Corp.

Medtronic

Nova Biomedical Corp.

Philips Medical Systems

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy

TIAX LLC

Sustaining Members

ABIOMED, Inc.

ACMI

Adams Harkness, Inc.

Analogic Corporation

Arrow International, Inc.

Bayer Corporation

Boston Scientific Corporation

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

C.R. Bard, Inc.

Candela Corporation

Codman and Shurtleff, Inc. A Johnson & Johnson Company

Cytyc Corporation

D&R Products Company, Inc.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.

Ernst & Young

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Foley, Hoag LLP

Grant Thornton LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Health Advances, Inc.

Hologic, Inc.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

KPMG, LLP

LehmanMillet

LEK Consulting

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Medical Device Consultants, Inc.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Morrison Mahoney LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP

Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

NYPRO, Inc.

Palmer & Dodge, LLP

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Ropes & Gray

Schwartz Communications, Inc.

The Mullings Group

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Wolf Greenfield

ZOLL Medical Corporation

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