MITA News

• MITA News
  10.11.10

  Industry Takes Aim At Several Proposals In FDA’s 510(k) Report

  Device manufacturers are lining up against a number of FDA’s proposed reforms to its 510(k) pre-market notification process, saying they could harm, not help, the agency’s public health mission.

• MITA News
  10.11.10

  Device Groups Voice Key Concerns With Accountable Care Organizations

  Trade groups representing the medical device and imaging industries want CMS and other federal agencies to protect patient access to advanced medical technologies as they craft regulations on accountable care organizations.

• MITA News
  10.10.10

  Health Care Interests Push To Make ACOs Pay Off For Them

  Manufacturers of medical imaging and radiotherapy technology are worried that the financial incentives to slow spending in ACOs could hurt sales. If the primary goal of an integrated system is to hold down costs and utilization, said Dave Fisher, executive director of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance…

• MITA News
  10.06.10

  Managing Dose

  Industry focuses on improved safeguards for radiation therapy equipment and scanners and thorough training to better control patient radiation exposure.

• MITA News
  10.04.10

  MITA ENCOURAGES THOROUGH, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR 510(K) REFORM

  Washington, D.C. – The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) submitted comments
  to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health today regarding proposed recommendations to the 510(k) clearance process and is looking forward to working with the FDA on reform. By working together, MITA believes a reformed clearance process can be adopted that promotes innovation, enhances regulatory predictability, improves patient safety and protects public health…

• MITA News
  09.28.10

  NJEM STUDY ON MAMMOGRAPHY DEMONSTRATES MAMMAGRAPHY SAVES LIVES

  A study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that mammography is proven to be effective at saving lives, reducing mortality rates by as much as 10 percent, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) said today.

• MITA News
  09.27.10

  US FDA not delivering on device user fee programme, says industry

  The US medtech industry has said that it will be hard-pressed to continue supporting the FDA’s medical device user fee programme unless the agency demonstrates some improvement in delivering related quantitative and qualitative performance goals that will ensure the timely review of new medical devices being brought onto the market.

• MITA News
  09.26.10

  Radiology Report Echoes Imaging Manufacturers’ Calls for Appropriate Use of Medical Imaging

  The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today commended a special report published in the October issue of the journal Radiology, as the latest example of the medical imaging community’s ongoing, commitment to reducing unnecessary procedures and ensuring that patients have access to the right scan at the right time.

• MITA News
  09.22.10

  In the industry’s words: US’s MITA

  With the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) high on the US medtech industry’s agenda once more, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) is showing itself to be a vocal contributor to the debate.

• MITA News
  09.22.10

  Radiology Report Echoes Imaging Manufacturers’ Calls for Appropriate Use of Medical Imaging

  The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today commended a special report published in the October issue of the journal Radiology, as the latest example of the medical imaging community’s ongoing, commitment to reducing unnecessary procedures and ensuring that patients have access to the right scan at the right time.