We Are Aiming To Speed OK Of Medical Devices: FDA Commissioner Says

CHICAGO – Under fire from the industry for being too slow to approve medical devices and diagnostics, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg told a medical technology trade group Tuesday that her agency is working on ways to get new products to market faster.

FDA officials are streamlining reviews “to make sure really promising products can move through the system swiftly but with a robust regulatory process,” Hamburg told more than 1,500 executives at the annual conference of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, known as AdvaMed.

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