CDRH Has New Plan For Tapping Outside Science Experts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s device center is in talks with several professional societies and hopes to have its first agreement in place within the month for a pilot program that would allow CDRH to tap outside expertise when pressing scientific questions arise.
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