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Mr. Freeze: Biden’s Swift Move To Pause Last-Minute Trump-Era Regs

US Regulatory Roundup, January 2021

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

A raft of rules that affect the medtech industry are on ice for the time being while the new Biden administration determines whether the regulations should move forward. This and other stories topped our list of most-read Medtech Insight articles in January.

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A raft of rules that affect the medtech industry are paused for the time being while the new Biden administration determines whether the regulations should indeed move forward. Our reporting on Biden’s reg freeze, and the rules it touches, was of most interest to Medtech Insight readers last month.

A memo from the White House on 20 January – Inauguration Day – to the heads of executive departments requested that they “consider” suspending action on any so-called “midnight...

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