Thursday, July 3, 2014

FDA aims to stay the course in new 4-year plan

FDA aims to stay the course in new 4-year plan-massdevice: The FDA today revealed a draft version of its 4-year plan, laying out strategic priorities and goals for keeping patients and consumers safe while addressing industry concerns. The agency highlighted 5 primary areas of concern: regulatory science, globalization, safety & quality, smart regulation and stewardship. Regulators plan to focus on these areas over the next 4 years in order to help speed innovations to market, provide the public with the best health information and ensure the security of regulated products.