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Podcast: A Chat With Jeff Shuren – FDA Device Center Chief Worries About Agency Staffing; Talks MDUFA V, Pandemic, More

The head of the US agency’s device center spoke with Medtech Insight in an exclusive wide-ranging interview about his priorities for the future, the nuances of the MDUFA V user-fee negotiations, how COVID-19 has changed the agency, and more.­

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CDRH Director Jeff Shuren speaking at a Reagan-Udall Foundation event in 2019 • Source: Ferdous Al-Faruque

Jeff Shuren, director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), recently talked to Medtech Insight about lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, warned that some agency staff are only staying on until the crisis is over, and how the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA V) negotiations are going.

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