“Medical devices have to go through a rigorous approval process. For good reason, companies are required to submit their devices to scientific tests to determine safety and effectiveness,” he wrote. “But in recent years, the FDA’s approval process has become a bottleneck. It has become less transparent, less predictable and less efficient. Some companies have waited years for approval, spending millions on testing only to have the rules change.”
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