Former ODE Staffers Dispute Claims Of Office Corruption And Coercion
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Public censure of FDA's device center is escalating, but former Office of Device Evaluation staffers who spoke to "The Gray Sheet" paint a different picture of the review process than the corrupt image that has surfaced in recent months
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