Obesity Devices: Planned Risk-Tolerance Survey Could Impact CDRH Decision-Making
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A planned survey evaluating obese patients’ tolerance for risk fits into a broader initiative by CDRH to reassess, and in some cases rebalance, how it weighs risks and benefits when making regulatory decisions.
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