FDA Reconsiders UDI Direct Marking Requirements For Implants
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An agency official says FDA is reworking the UDI direct part marking requirements for implants and making other changes in the final unique device identification rule, due out in June.
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