The Obama administration has published its budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 and the proposal includes a drop in appropriated funds of $4 million for FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. As expected, the budget also calls for cuts to Medicare that could have an effect on makers of imaging equipment and durable medical equipment as well, giving device makers an incentive to turn out in force on Capitol Hill to blunt the damage in any spending bills Congress might draft. Read More
