2016 Will Be A Big Year For Combo Product Reform, FDA Says
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency has already signaled its plan to propose a new statutory pathway for combination products by the end of next year. In the meantime, it's working on a bevy of process changes, guidance documents and rules to enhance premarket and postmarket regulation of combination products in the years ahead. Office of Combination Products officials John Weiner and Thinh Nguyen weigh in.
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