A bipartisan duo in the U.S. Senate introduced a bill last week that aims to streamline the way the FDA reviews medical devices. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced S.2737, or “A bill to improve medical device innovation,” to the Upper Chamber’s Health, Education, Labor & Pensions committee March 17. Earlier this month the panel […]
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Senate panel advances FDA fast-track bill
A U.S. Senate panel yesterday advanced a bill that would create a fast-track program at the FDA for breakthrough medical devices. The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions committee sent the bill, S. 1077 or “A bill to provide for expedited development of and priority review for breakthrough devices,” to the Senate floor. The bill, introduced last […]