DENTAL PRODUCTS ADVISORY PANEL CHAIR RESIGNS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF IG PROBE; NOV. 3-4 PANEL MEETING WILL REVISIT UNCLASSIFIED MUSCLE MONITORING DEVICES
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Charles Bertolami, DDS, University of San Francisco voluntarily resigned as chairman of FDA's Dental Products Advisory Panel following an investigation by the HHS Office of the Inspector General, according to a letter from FDA Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs Sharon Smith Holston to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.). Manufacturers' complaints regarding the panel chair's failure to abide by appropriate procedure at the Dental Panel's Oct. 13, 1994 meeting on muscle monitoring devices prompted the investigation.