FDA Announces Two More Medical Device Consent Decrees
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA has already completed three consent decrees blocking sales of medical devices in 2007, with two surfacing last week. The agency has not obtained more than two device-related injunctions in any of the previous six years
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