Animal Planet: FDA Opens Adverse Event Files For Devices Used On Animals

With the agency’s transparency under siege, US FDA is moving to put more adverse event data into public databases. First up: Thirty years of records on medical devices used in animals. The release could have ramifications for device-makers because some equipment, such as radiological devices, is used on both animals and humans.

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The public is gaining access to 30 years of adverse event records on the use of drugs and medical devices in animals, US FDA announced April 3.

The data comes from the agency's Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Adverse Event Reporting (AER) system and can be accessed via...

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