Bill Aims to Extend Cybersecurity Review of Made-in-China Medical Devices

Bill Aims to Extend Cybersecurity Review of Made-in-China Medical Devices

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has introduced a bill that would subject Chinese-made medical devices already cleared for U.S. use to cybersecurity checks. The legislation, called the Countering Chinese Cyberthreats for Patients Act, or Countering CCP Act, would give federal health regulators the flexibility to retroactively enforce cybersecurity measures. It is aimed at cracking down on “dangerous devices,” Cotton said. “Communist Chinese-made medical…