The safety and performance pathway and de novo clearance process are combining to reform the US Food and Drug Administration’s approach to device approvals, agency officials said on 14 September at RAPS Convergence 2020, hosted by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.
FDA Gives Insight On Changing Approval Landscape
Device center officials at the US agency focused on new approval pathways at RAPS Convergence 2020.
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