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WASHINGTON — September 25, 2025 — The American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA) today commended the U.S. Department of Commerce’s sweeping Section 232 investigation into imports of personal protective equipment (PPE), medical supplies, medical consumables and...

VICP CHANGES COMING — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is working on policy changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program that would allow families of children with autism to seek awards from the $4.5 billion fund it administers, Lauren reports. While the...

Businesses are begging the White House and RFK Jr. to rethink their massive cuts to Niosh, a workplace research agency that saves the US billions of dollars a year. For decades, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has been one of the best deals...

WASHINGTON — September 4, 2025 — The American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA) has urged Congress to take decisive action to restore American leadership in critical medical manufacturing. As the nation celebrates new investments in medical, biotech, and pharma...

While we love a throwback, the Covid-19 pandemic’s first year isn’t something we want to revisit. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, medical supply shortages got so severe that nurses fashioned masks and gowns out of pool noodles and trash bags. Many factors...

As an employer here in Valley Cottage, New York, I am proud to stand at the forefront of a new era for American manufacturing. With the “One Big Beautiful Bill” now law, U.S. businesses are restoring and revitalizing domestic production of critical medical supplies...

As the COVID-19 epidemic exploded across the United States in 2020, America’s supply of personal protective equipment collapsed. Some healthcare facilities were so desperate that people were turning to plastic trash bags as a substitute for medical gowns. In New...

 A US medical supply lobby group has called on the US government to reject Malaysia’s push for special tariff exemptions on rubber gloves, saying such “carve-outs” would hurt the US job market and supply chain resilience. The American Medical Manufacturers...

WASHINGTON — July 14, 2025 — The American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA), the unified voice for U.S. makers of critical medical supplies and PPE, calls on President Trump and U.S. trade officials to stand firm against Malaysia’s campaign for special trade...

When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law earlier this month, the reaction from healthcare groups was overwhelmingly negative (Opens in a new window). The law slashed Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next...

New York — The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the United States' medical and protective product supply chain as hospitals scrambled to purchase critical equipment to treat patients and prevent the spread of the virus. That realization prompted U.S.-based suppliers...

Some small and midsize U.S. manufacturers are seeing an uptick in orders from companies looking to avoid paying new tariffs, stoking hope that the levies might boost their businesses over the longer-term. Trump’s tariffs have disrupted global trade and the American...

America’s Domestic Manufacturers Stand Ready to Meet the Need The American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA), the unified voice for U.S. makers of critical medical supplies and PPE, calls on President Trump and U.S. trade officials to stand firm against...

I am proud to stand at the forefront of a new era for American manufacturing and public health. With the “One Big Beautiful Bill” now law, U.S. businesses are restoring and revitalizing domestic production of critical medical supplies and personal protective equipment...

The bill, signed into law on July 4, includes tax, trade, and investment provisions that industry groups say will support domestic manufacturing and medtech innovation. Two industry groups—the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA) and AdvaMed—are voicing...

U.S. medical supply manufacturers are voicing support for the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a series of tax and trade measures aimed at boosting domestic production of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. The legislation...

We often discuss tariff impact in terms of steel and aluminum, semiconductors and electronics. But they’re also rapidly shaping the way life-saving products are made and moved around the world. Medical manufacturing is a global game—from pharmaceutical ingredients to...

BLUE ORIGIN REHIRES CAPITOL COUNSEL: Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has added a familiar face to its growing mix of outside lobbyists as the industry faces a potential new tax in the GOP reconciliation bill. — Capitol Counsel’s Mac Campbell, who previously...

I’ve spent my career ensuring American workers have the protection they need to stay safe on the job. In 2014, I bought a business in Kansas dedicated to making high-quality respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE). My company supplies everything from...

U.S. manufacturers of personal protective equipment are struggling to meet growing demand, hindered by high tariffs on Chinese imports, The New York Times reported April 23. Here are five things to know: After China retaliated with an 84% levy on U.S. imports in...