FDA Weighing Device Industry Survey For Emergency Response Data
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Center for Devices & Radiological Health is considering creating a list of medical device manufacturers to be contacted in case supply shortages result from a bioterrorist attack
You may also be interested in...
CDRH Emergency Product List Update May Result From Manufacturer Survey
Manufacturers submitting comments on FDA's device shortage survey by Feb. 28 will have an opportunity to alter the agency's emergency product list
CDRH Emergency Product List Update May Result From Manufacturer Survey
Manufacturers submitting comments on FDA's device shortage survey by Feb. 28 will have an opportunity to alter the agency's emergency product list
Bioterrorism conference
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson informs AdvaMed June 20 that he will work with the association's Medical Technology Preparedness Council to plan a day-long seminar on priority countermeasures in September to inform industry reps of the department's activities and "to bring the American people more up to date with how far we've progressed." AdvaMed's emergency team recently proposed surveying manufacturers to develop a list of devices that would potentially be used in response to a biological/chemical attack (1"The Gray Sheet" April 1, 2002, p. 5)...