MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LifeScience Alley announced today that it is hosting several senior members of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) in the Twin Cities on August 1 and 2, 2011. CDRH Director Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D.; Deputy Director for Science William Maisel, M.D.; Deputy Director, OSEL Joel Myklebust, Ph.D.; Director, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety Director, CDRH Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D. and Acting Deputy Director for Science and Regulatory Policy, ODE Jonette Foy, Ph.D., have been invited to Minnesota to meet with representatives of the local medical technology, academic and investment communities to discuss the advancement of regulatory science. The visit is the result of a dialogue between LifeScience Alley and Dr. Shuren that began a few months ago.