The Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the US Food and Drug Administration has met or is on track to meet all of its goals set out in Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) V, director Jeff Shuren said at a town hall during the Medtech Conference on 11 October.
CDRH On Track To Meet All MDUFA V Goals
CDRH is on track to meet its MDUFA V goals, seeing a steady return to pre-pandemic levels of device authorizations and submissions.
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