FDA Will Fire Off Noncompliance Letters To Firms That Don’t Report Device Shortages, Agency Warns
Manufacturers must respond within 30 days
Executive Summary
The US agency says in the latest update to its medical device shortages guidance doc that it’ll send enforcement missives to companies that don’t notify the agency of a “permanent discontinuance or an interruption in manufacturing” of products deemed critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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