Lauded By Industry, Loathed By FDA? New HHS ‘Good Guidance’ Rule Likely Ruffling Feathers
Executive Summary
A Good Guidance Practices regulation from the US HHS, pushed through the rulemaking process in the waning days of the Trump administration, will likely delight the medtech industry and be pushed back on by the FDA, experts tell Medtech Insight.
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