While Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico six weeks ago, its full financial impact is yet to be felt by some device manufacturers, according to quarterly earnings reports from companies over the past week.
For Some Companies, Puerto Rico Financial Impact Uncertain
Lantheus Holdings, Becton Dickinson are among manufacturers to say in recent financial reports that the hurricane has ongoing impacts for the companies.

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In response to the Trump administration increasing its tariffs on imports from China, Beijing announced a ban on gene sequencers from US biotech firm Illumina, signaling a full-blown trade war could be in the making. Trump also pushed the deadline for implementing tariffs on Canada and Mexico back by another month.
PathAI, a Boston-based AI-pathology startup backed by $355m, partners with Brazil’s largest integrated healthcare network to support diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients using its AISight image management system.
Concerns President Trump’s tariffs could create a full-blown trade war with China jumped dramatically as Beijing responded with its own set of tariffs targeting various US goods. On the medtech front, AdvaMed wants Trump to create a carve-out for Chinese medical devices as he did in his first term.
El Salvador has approved a new law that will establish a new regulatory body responsible for authorizing medicines and setting prices.
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Product reviews for drugs, biologics, devices, tobacco and foods could be consolidated into one office at the FDA, as part of a restructuring plan circulating that was obtained by Pink Sheet.
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