FDA Device Center Reorg Set To Roll Out This Week
Executive Summary
US FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health will finally launch a long-planned reorganization that will see agency staff grouped by device types, rather than by stage in the device-review cycle. The reorganization begins this week and should be complete by Sept. 30.
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