UDI By December? FDA Confident On Year-End Release Of Proposed Rule
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA expects to lay out a proposed framework for mandatory unique device identification in December, though a final rule is at least a year away, according to Jay Crowley, senior advisor for patient safety at FDA.
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