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AdvaMed Urges Biden Administration To Use CHIPS To Prioritize Patient Care

 
• By Brian Bossetta

Now that the CHIPS and Science Act is law, AdvaMed wants the Biden administration to use it to ensure device makers get the semiconductor chips they need for their products while preventing the US from facing another shortage of the essential components, as experienced during the pandemic.

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When President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law in August it was one of the few pieces of legislation embraced across the aisle in a hyper-partisan climate. CHIPS aimed, in part, to address the dire shortage of semiconductors – computer chips essential to running everything from household appliances to lifesaving medical devices – that US industry faced.

Support for the legislation only increased during the pandemic when supply chain shortages highlighted the risk of relying on overseas...

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