USAID, ANSI, and AdvaMed Announce Multi-Year Partnership to Strengthen Global COVID-19 Response

As the medical technology industry combats COVID-19, Coalition Executive Committee member, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), announced on 22 September 2020 that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has approved a multi-year partnership titled COVID-19 Medical Device Regulatory Convergence (MDRC).  Through this public-private partnership, AdvaMed will coordinate with medical device industry associations as…

Policy Recommendations on addressing the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and mitigating its impacts

On April 27, 2020, the American Business Dialogue after consultation with its members, issued a series of policy recommendations addressing the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which were also sent on behalf of President Moreno to all country representatives present in IDB non-borrowing member countries, requesting that they transmit it to the respective Governor. The document…