Alex Azar was confirmed as the next secretary of Health and Human Services with strong industry support. Azar comes to the role with some homework to do on key FDA medtech policies, but has expressed support for risk-based regulation of lab-developed tests and cost-saving bundled-payment models.
The device industry gave its warm support Jan. 24 to the incoming US secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, who was confirmed by the Senate Jan. 24 in a 55-43 vote.
Azar is a former drug industry executive at Eli Lilly & Co., and a former HHS official during the...