US FDA Lab Testing Policy Change
FDA has stopped accepting Indian lab results for medical device approvals, forcing Poly Medicure to retest all products in US labs. This has reversed prior work and created 6-9 month delays in the approval pipeline.
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FDA has stopped accepting Indian lab results for medical device approvals, forcing Poly Medicure to retest all products in US labs. This has reversed prior work and created 6-9 month delays in the approval pipeline.
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