FDA Eyes The Future: 2010 Workshop To Address Integration Of "New Science"
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's device center will hold a public workshop in February to help formulate a strategy for integrating "new science" into its regulatory decisions
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