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What's In A Name? FDA To Rechristen Its Popular CMMI Maturity Model Appraisal Program This Year

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

The joint US FDA/MDIC Voluntary Medical Device Manufacturing and Product Quality Pilot Program – which aims to assess the manufacturing maturity of device firms – will be renamed the "Case for Quality Voluntary Improvement Program," or CFQ VIP. Meanwhile, MDIC says it has launched a new working group to guide development of the burgeoning initiative.

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A popular FDA program that aims to assess the manufacturing maturity of medical device firms is undergoing a name change.

The Voluntary Medical Device Manufacturing and Product Quality Pilot Program – a title that never easily rolled off the...

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