US FDA Action On Regenerative Medicine May Be Hindered If Court Sides With Stem Cell Clinics
Executive Summary
Pew Charitable Trusts calls for FDA to take more aggressive enforcement against regenerative medicine products, but the outcome of a bench trial involving two stem cell clinics may limit what the agency can do.
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