Reuters Summit-US FDA seeking to streamline device unit

Published: 12 Nov 2009 18:01:54 PST

NEW YORK, Nov 12 - The new head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said she is working to clean up the agency's troubled device unit, including a review of how it approves medical devices.

"We are working on some important issues that will benefit industry and benefit the ultimate outcome of our regulatory procedures, including making sure we have a robust internal review process," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said at the Reuters Health Summit in New York. (For summit blog: http://blogs.reuters.com/summits/) (For more stories from the summit, please click on ID:nN09SMT945)