FDA’s Shuren: Staff Overburdened, Review Times Seeing Negative Effects
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The head of the US agency’s device center tells Medtech Insight that while he’s proud of his staff for taking on the extra workload due to the pandemic, product review times are slowing because resources are stretched thin.
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