Industry Questions Legality Of FDA Proposal To Release Masked Data
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device firms claim FDA does not have the legal authority to release masked and/or de-identified clinical trial data to researchers, as proposed in June. They also underscore the challenges in effectively masking device data, the risks to patient privacy and the hazards of analysis based on partial data.
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