Growing from 6,000 companies in 1997, to 15,000 in 2006, medical device manufacturers are producing 100,000 products compared to 84,000 in 1997. With this new influx of products, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has launched the Medical Device Postmarket Transformation Initiative, which will allow the FDA to identify, analyze and act on problems with medical devices more quickly, including alerting the public sooner of potential problems.
