TY  - JOUR
T1  - SPeeding device approval
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/01/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1931
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 134
EP  - 134
VL  - 307
IS  - 2
N2  - 
The sponsors said the Patient Access to Medical Innovation Act (S 1865 [http://thomas.loc.gov]), introduced November 15, will promote the development of devices to treat patients with rare diseases, help improve the approval process for medical devices by allowing the Food and Drug Administration to more easily consult with experts, and lift the current profit cap on “humanitarian use devices”—devices that treat rare conditions—that go through a special approval process.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1931
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1931
ER  -