FDA to Break Down Barriers on Early Feasibility Studies for Devices

A pilot program on medical device early feasibility studies (EFS) with “commitments on timeframes and much more standardized approaches” will be launched under the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) in the coming months, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director Jeff Shuren said Wednesday at the 11th annual ​FDA-AdvaMed ​Medical ​Devices ​and ​Diagnostics ​Statistics ​conference.