President’s Proposed Budget Freeze May Not Hurt CDRH, Analysts Say

CDRH’s initiatives to increase its facility inspection staff and expediently review device applications are expected to be unaffected by a three-year budget freeze proposed by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address. “There may be issues down the line,” Morgan Nields, industry expert and CEO of Intio, an oncology visualization device company, said. However, he thinks CDRH’s recent increase in federal funding should help it advance its initiatives.
Devices & Diagnostics Letter