Despite COVID-19, Expert Group Moves Ahead With Public Meeting On Pediatric Device Development

05 Jun 2020

While the US FDA has been developing a framework over the past few years to address the lack of pediatric devices on the market, the agency awarded a grant to the multi-stakeholder group C-Path to continue that work at the same time that the coronavirus pandemic started. Despite the hurdles, C-Path says it is still doing its work and plans to convene a public meeting on the issue in September.

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While the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is hampering the work of many organizations, the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) says it still plans to hold a public meeting in September and is moving ahead with bringing expert stakeholders together to try to solve the longstanding problem of developing medical devices for children.

C-Path is a public-private partnership of industry, academic and government experts who tend to work on developing new approaches and...