Unique Identifiers Offer Little Attraction For Device Makers – FDA Report
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Despite holding the potential to make substantial improvements in healthcare, the development of a universal coding system for uniquely identifying every medical device is not in the best economic interest of device makers, according to a report posted on FDA's website June 1
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