FDA “Intercenter Institutes” Legislation Headed For Senate Mark-Up
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
FDA would be directed to test the concept of joint drug/device/diagnostic reviews in at least one therapeutic area under legislation proposed in the Senate. The idea of further integrating medical product reviews is already part of the Vice President’s cancer “moonshot.”
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