Industry Largely Supports FDA’s New Proposal On Pediatric Data Submission
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device companies are generally happy with FDA’s rewrite of a rule requiring information on pediatric populations suffering from conditions their devices are intended to treat. The American Academy of Pediatrics is less pleased.
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