FDA faster at approving devices for market
June 26th, 2008 joshua
The Food and Drug Administration announced recently that its own research has determined regulators approved medical devices in 2006 nearly four months faster than it did in 2005.
An FDA study revealed devices before the board were approved, on average, in 438 days in 2005. A year later, that number dropped to 335 days.
A 2002 law overhauling the medical device approval process has helped to get these potentially life-saving devices into patients faster/
However, as is reported on this blog practically every day, newer is not always better and giving device makers a break by speeding up the approval process and making it easier to get approved will not help those injured by malfunctioning devices.
