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    FDA, aiming to speed scientific reviews, names chief AI officer

    Commissioner Martin Makary also said the agency would roll out a generative AI system across its centers that will help FDA scientists spend less time on repetitive tasks.

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    Bausch + Lomb receives CE mark for Luxlife intraocular lens

    The company plans to launch the lens, which supports vision at all distances, in Europe in the coming weeks.

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    Earnings & Tariffs

    Siemens Healthineers lowers earnings forecast on expected tariff hit

    The company expects a tariff impact of up to 300 million euros, with the biggest hit from European goods going to the U.S.

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    US, UK reach deal on tariffs, market access

    The deal includes a reduced tariff for some U.K. automobiles and is the first the Trump administration has secured after unveiling its reciprocal tariff plan in April.

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    Masimo finds buyer for consumer audio business

    In addition to offloading the Sound United segment for $350 million, the company lowered its 2025 profit forecast to account for tariffs.

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    Masimo says cyberattack has impacted its ability to fulfill orders

    The maker of patient monitoring devices is working to bring the affected portions of its network back online and restore normal business operations.

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    HHS overhaul

    RFK’s FDA layoffs could slow safety communications, experts warn

    The mass cuts, which included communications staff, could slow public notices on medical device recalls and other safety alerts.

  • U.S. President Donald Trump watches as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C) swears in Dr. Mehmet Oz (R) as the Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House on April 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Tracker

    Trump policies are upending healthcare. Track the effect on the medtech industry here.

    Policies and actions reshaping the healthcare industry began pouring out of President Donald Trump’s White House nearly from day one. Follow the changes affecting the medical device industry.

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    AdvaMed calls for ‘zero for zero’ medtech tariffs between US and UK

    AdvaMed and its British counterpart called for urgent action to ensure the situation “does not devolve into a crisis.”

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    HHS overhaul

    State attorneys general sue over ‘unconstitutional’ HHS restructuring

    The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration overstepped its authority in reshaping the federal health department and asked the court to reinstate workers laid off last month.

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    US semiconductor import probe looms over medtech industry

    Medical device manufacturers could face increased costs if the Commerce Department's Section 232 probe leads to tariffs on chips.

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    Earnings & Tariffs

    Philips cuts earnings forecast after calculating $340M tariff hit

    CEO Roy Jakobs said tariff impacts require the company to accelerate localization of production in the U.S.

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    Earnings & Tariffs

    Zimmer Biomet expects $60M to $80M tariff impact this year

    The orthopedics company lowered its earnings forecast, accounting for the tariffs and closing the acquisition of Paragon 28.

  • President Donald Trump displays a chart showcasing coming tariff rates at the White House on April 2, 2025.
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    Earnings & Tariffs

    Cardinal Health cuts employees to offset up to $300M tariff charge

    Executives said Thursday that the company has already laid off employees to help mitigate the effects of the Trump administration’s tariff policies.

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    Edwards gains expanded TAVR label for asymptomatic patients

    The medical technology company expects the new indication to increase sales in its transcatheter aortic valve replacement business with more patients becoming eligible for the treatment.

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    News roundup

    Intuitive wins new FDA nod for single port robot; Resmed buys diagnostic facility

    Intuitive secured a single port robot clearance, Resmed bought sleep testing facility Virtuox, and Precision Neuroscience hired an executive to support its BCI commercialization plans.