FDA Commissioner Announces "Innovation Initiative"

Last Friday, speaking at an event in Cleveland, OH, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg announced that the FDA plans to launch an "innovation initiative" to make it easier for US-based companies to develop and receive approval for new medical products.

• "FDA announces new initiative to promote U.S. medical innovation" is a report by Teresa Chin that appeared in The Plain Dealer and on the Cleveland.com web site on July 16.