In his State of the Union Address this past week, President Obama focused on the importance of reinvigorating American manufacturing and the need to better incentivize companies to stay or set up operations in the U.S. rather than shipping jobs and business overseas. And while the medical device industry applauded this general mentality, many were quick to point out that the impending medical device tax was among the key drivers of medtech operations moving abroad. In other news, the former head of the disgraced French breast implant company that endangered patients with industrial silicone was busted by police in a dawn raid. Read about these issues and other interesting stories form the past week in the below roundup.

• State of the Union Address Hits Home for Medical Device Manufacturers (MD+DI)
• President's Proposals in State of the Union Address Could Impact Industry (MED)
• Cops Bust Breast Implant Boss After Dawn Raid (Qmed)
• CDRH 2012 Strategic Priorities (FDA)
• Who Paid for Your Doctor's Bagel? (WSJ)
• The Million-Dollar Bagel: Harvard Doctor Fights Back (Huffington Post)
• A Doctor in Your Pocket (WSJ)
• Don't Believe the Hype: Boston Sci Isn't the Only One Experiencing Shrinkage (MPMN)
• Is CE Mark "Good Enough?" LinkedIn Members Weigh In (medtechinsider)
• Cook's Chairman on the Medtech Tax: We Can Survive Anything (MassDevice)
• Opening Up Innovation in Medtech (MD+DI)