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Patient, Consumer Groups Press For More Oversight Of Device Iterations

This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet

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Patient and consumer groups urged better FDA control over modifications to marketed products and expressed support for agency oversight of laboratory-developed tests at a recent update meeting on device user fee reauthorization.

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