Regulatory Briefs: UDI Guru Crowley Heads To Industry; Reclassification Website; Post-Market Planning Board
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Jay Crowley, the principle architect of FDA’s UDI regulation, is leaving the agency. FDA announced the launch of a website tracking the reclassification of device types, the accreditation GS1 as a UDI issuing agency and improvements to its device recalls database. More regulatory news.
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