Among the very tight Republican and Democrat contests anticipated in this November’s US midterm elections are more than a few device industry-favored candidates, according to a review of the incumbents’ voting records and recent polling data.

US Congress successfully pushed through a user-fee bill in 2017 to help smooth the regulatory path at FDA for medical devices and other products, but other efforts, including several industry priorities, remain undone. On top on the list, of course, is the effort to repeal the device excise tax. But legislation is also on the table to address diagnostics regulation, telehealth reimbursement, and medtech cybersecurity vulnerability, among other issues. Here is a look at the medtech landscape in Congress in 2018.

Two recent efforts to repeal the medical device tax include proposed legislation by a bipartisan "Problem Solvers" group of House members that includes a device-tax repeal provision, as well as an advertising campaign by AdvaMed.