Shuren: More Than A Dozen MDDTs Under Review, But No More This Year
Executive Summary
The head of US FDA's device center says there are a substantial number of medical device development tools under review by the agency that could help speed up data collection for product approvals and clearances, but they are not likely to be OK'd by the agency until next year.
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