Survey: Panelists Open To Advisory Committee Reforms

A recent survey of 128 people who had served on CDRH advisory panels found support for several proposals on ways to improve the advisory panel process, including requiring the FDA to explain its reasoning when it departs from panel recommendations.

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US Food and Drug Administration advisory panels should continue to require a vote on the benefit/risk profile of new devices up for panel review but might not need voting consumer and patient representatives.

Those were some of the conclusions from a recent survey conducted by DC-based consultancy 3D, which was released on 13 August. The 414 respondents included 77 individuals who had...

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