Risk And Benefit, Quantified: CDRH Expands Use Of New Statistical Framework

Decision analysis tools will be put into practice as part of the device center’s priority “innovation pathway” for breakthrough devices and in a pilot program focused on obesity devices. The techniques may allow for shorter development and review cycles, among other benefits, CDRH says.

CDRH is taking near-term steps to expand the number of decisions made in the center that are guided by a new statistical framework used to quantify risks and benefits.

The goal, the device center says, is to better standardize and quantify the decision making, potentially allowing for shorter development and review cycles, more consistent

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