FDA announces recommendations to reauthorize MDUFMA.(Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act)(Medical devices/legislation)

From: Adverse Event Reporting News | Date: April 23, 2007 | Copyright information

FDA April 16 proposed recommendations to Congress for reauthorizing the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA II), which, if adopted, "would help to ensure that safe and effective medical devices get to patients in a timely manner," the agency said in a statement. FDA is accepting public comments on the proposal for the next 30 days and will hold a public meeting on April 30.

Under the medical device user fee program, industry covers a portion of the costs of FDA's pre-market review program through a variety of fees. The fees are used in concert with the ...

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