Public Citizen comments on user fees
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
"Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act" will put "pressure" on FDA to give more weight to industry's interest in speedy approvals than the "public's need for protection from dangerous devices," the watchdog group asserts Oct. 18. "A desire for repeat business on the part of inspectors and reviewers will give them an incentive to go easy on manufacturers" undergoing third-party inspection, the group notes...