FDA Calling: US Agency Again Asks Companies To Open Doors For Educational Purposes
Executive Summary
In its continuing bid to better understand how industry and other stakeholders operate in the real world and learn to improve its own practices, FDA is again asking volunteers to let staffers come observe organizations for a day or two as part of the device center's Experiential Learning Program.
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