[Editor's note: This story was updated on April 4 with more specific information from US FDA.]
A roughly 20% increase in the US FDA’s device center’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 over FY 2019 would...
FDA’s 2020 Device Budget Would Focus On Safety, Cybersecurity, Bringing Medtech 'Home'
US FDA intends to use device-center dollars in its fiscal year 2020 budget on medical product safety, bolstering cybersecurity, device oversight modernization, and an initiative called “Bring Medtech Manufacturing Home,” among other priorities.
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