All eyes last week were on Cook Medical’s announcement that the provision in the Affordable Health Care for America Act imposing a 2.3% excise tax on the first sale of medical devices has forced the company to cancel plans to build five plants in the Midwest. Since then, voices are being raised that the tax will hurt Indiana. In other news, more medtech firms are starting up offshore operations, while Zimmer announced mixed quarterly results.

• Cook Medical Says It Won't Build Five Midwest Plants Due to Med-Tech Tax (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)
• Obamacare Tax on Medical Devices Will Hurt Indiana (News Sentinel)
• More Medtech Outsourcers Buy Offshore Operations (MD+DI)
• Boston Scientific Reports Weaker Sales of Heart Devices (Qmed)
• America's Got (Medtech) Talent, Doesn't It? (MPMN)
• The Biggest Mistake Companies Make in FDA Inspections (MD+DI)
• Orthopedics: Zimmer Disappoints the Street with Mixed Quarter (MassDevice)