FDA launches Medical Device Innovation Initiative
"Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices and announced the first submission: a brain-controlled, upper-extremity prosthetic that will serve as a pilot for the program. The FDA also announced plans to seek further public comment before the Pathway can be used more broadly.

The new proposed Innovation Pathway program for pioneering medical devices, highlighted in a report published on the FDA’s website today, is part of a broader effort underway in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) designed to encourage cutting-edge technologies among medical device manufacturers..."
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