That was one of the big takeaways from Dr. Jeff Shuren’s remarks at the virtual CDRH Town Hall held yesterday at AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference, which takes place this week as a combination of virtual presentations and live presentations events in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis.
Shuren, the director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said the center is “starting to turn the corner” on catching up on submissions. Additional dollars from Congress, he said, allowed CDRH to bring on more people, leverage contractors and make changes in policy and process.
FDA is even coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic with dedicated resources to establish a supply cha…