Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2019
How the FDA uses science to speed medical device innovation
11 July 2019 - The MDDT program streamlines the medical device development and review process.
New medical therapies have the ability to change and save lives, and advances in science and technology offer extraordinary opportunities to develop innovative medical products that can lead to better treatments and better care. But what happens when the accelerating rate of technological advances moves faster than the science for evaluating the benefits and risk of those products?
Responding to that challenge is an essential role played by the U.S. FDA — helping to ensure that innovation in product development continues, so that patients can get groundbreaking medical products while at the same time ensuring patient safety and that harmful medical devices do not reach the market.
