Device Week, 14 June 2019: Genomic Spy Games?

In this week's Medtech Insight podcast, executive editor Shawn M. Schmitt and senior reporter Sue Darcey discuss recent reporting on efforts by US senators to control and stop Chinese researchers in the US from using their research jobs at the National Institutes of Health, and at American medical colleges and universities, to steal genomic data and share it with the Chinese government. Medtech Insight articles addressing topics discussed in this episode: • US Senators Ask HHS IG To Investigate CMS Genetic Test Payments To Chinese Firms (https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125235/US-Senators-Ask-HHS-IG-To-Investigate-CMS-Genetic-Test-Payments-To-Chinese-Firms) • Sen. Cornyn Plans Bill To Secure US Genomic Research From Foreign 'Interference, Espionage And Exfiltration' (https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT125225/Sen-Cornyn-Plans-Bill-To-Secure-US-Genomic-Research-From-Foreign-Interference-Espionage-And-Exfiltra)