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What is the Medical Technology Association and how does it wield its power?

  • Written by Bruce Baer Arnold, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
imageThe Medical Technology Association of Australia is quietly influential. Denis Simonov/Shutterstock

If your health practitioner has used a syringe, tongue depressor (to look at your throat), pacemaker, stethoscope, X-ray or MRI scan, blood test, dental filling or joint implant to treat you, you’ve encountered a product from the medical...

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