FDA Won’t Immediately Dispatch Investigators, ‘Guns Blazing,’ To Enforce UDI Regulation
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency is likely to institute a period of enforcement discretion after impending unique device identification mandates take effect, but it won’t last forever, experts warn.
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