Feigal sees report on CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) as supportive of contracting out
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A review of the quality of science used to make decisions at the FDA's device centre, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), is set to fuel the debate on the need for the agency to make greater use of outside contractors. A panel of outside experts headed by the prestigious bioengineer, Robert Nerem, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, concluded that there are gaps in the scientific expertise at the CDRH.