FDA's Medical Device Review Scrutinized At Senate Hearing
Today, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, held a hearing examining the Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) role in protecting patient safety as part of the medical device approval process. The panel featured testimony from Marcia Crosse, Ph.D., Director of the Health Care Team at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Crosse's testimony outlined the ...

GAO renews critique of FDA medical device system
Government investigators say the Food and Drug Administration is putting patients at risk by approving sensitive medical devices such as hip joints and heart defibrillators under the same streamlined system intended for power wheelchairs, stitches and catheters.