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Not Renewing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Could Have Serious Consequences: Lobby Group

02 Jul 2020

Tests may need to be pulled from the shelves if the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency isn’t renewed before it would expire this month, device lobby group AdvaMed claims. But HHS has indicated plans to renew the order.

Scott Whitaker on the left and Alex Azar on the right — AdvaMed CEO Scott Whitaker (left) has asked HHS secretary Alex Azar (right) to renew the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration to allow products needed to fight the pandemic to stay on the market.

AdvaMed is asking the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to renew the COVID-19-related Public Health Emergency (PHE) that has been in effect since January. The group also wants the medtech industry to be included in any future discussions about ending the PHE.

In a letter to health secretary Alex Azar, Scott Whitaker, CEO of AdvaMed, asked that the current PHE continue...