CDRH’s Shuren Calls For ‘Reset’ Of FDA Medtech Initiatives
Programs disrupted by COVID-19 would be restarted in 2021 to guide developers on clinical decision support software, produce safe OTC hearing aids
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US FDA device center director Jeff Shuren wants to hit the reset button for initiatives delayed by agency’s responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
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