This recent article from MedCity News caught my eye.  The article states that the medical device industry is rallying around the repeal of the 2.3% medical device tax as a job and innovation killer.  However, they indicate that a potentially bigger threat to the medical device industry is the strong health and wellness push that is focused on keeping patients out of the hospital.

On April 5th, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Bill.  The crowdfunding provision of the bill could mark a new era for startups and make it easier to procure funding from new investors to early and later-stage health care companies.