Medical Device Innovation Consortium Advances Regulatory Science Projects
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
At the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society annual meeting last week, William Hawkins, chairman of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium, said the group is making progress in its first project on computer modeling and simulation, as well as future projects on clinical trial reform, and benefit-risk guidance and patient-centeredness.
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