Washington Roundup, October 2012
Executive Summary
The latest medical device regulatory and reimbursement news from Elsevier Business Intelligence’s “The Gray Sheet.” This month we cover FDA’s enforcement action against CardioMEMS for alleged clinical trial violations, medical device user fee agreement implementation, and AdvaMed’s priority list for the fiscal-cliff bill.
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