CDRH Launches Innovation InitiativeCDRH Launches Innovation Initiative

CDRH has announced the launch of the Medical Device Innovation Initiative, which is the center's contribution to FDA's Critical Path Initiative to get new technologies to market more efficiently. The initiative includes three major efforts: promoting scientific innovation in product development, focusing device research on cutting-edge science, and modernizing review of innovative devices. The initiative shows a lot of foresight and presents a lot of challenges. A collaborative FDA-industry relationship will be needed now more than ever.