US Senators Lay Out Concerns On FDA Digital Health Device Precertification Program
Executive Summary
Three senators led by Democrat Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on 30 October asked the Food and Drug Administration to answer a series of questions about its precertification pilot program for digital devices.
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