Sep 19, 2011 • FDA

Medical Devices, Life Savers

By Nikhil Chauhan

There's no doubt, medical devices are saving the most precious elements of nature – people's lives. The World Health Organization's video below highlights the importance of medical devices to health care. Medical devices need to be secure and safe. My colleague Santhosh elaborated in a recent blog post on how FDA's 510(k) process is under scrutiny amidst the growing medical device recalls.

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