AdvaMed Tags China-Made Device Knock Offs As Concern At Federal Commission Hearing
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
U.S. device companies dealing in Asia worry about Chinese firms stealing American manufacturers’ intellectual property, then selling knock-offs of American devices that look similar, but are not as safe, AdvaMed’s executive VP of global strategies Ralph Ives told a U.S.-China trade commission April 3.
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