FDA USE OF COURT-PROTECTED PEDICLE SCREW DOCUMENTS WILL GET HHS IG AUDIT, KESSLER SAYS AT HEARING; RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL INFO ALSO PROBED
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA will pursue an HHS Inspector General investigation into possible agency misuse of documents subject to a protective court order in pedicle bone screw liability litigation, FDA Commissioner David Kessler told members of the House Commerce/Oversight Subcommittee at a Nov. 15 hearing on allegations of FDA abuses of authority.