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Diana DeGette: “I also fear that too often the device industry and also people like me who are eager to see cures and treatments for…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2011
I also fear that too often the device industry and also people like me who are eager to see cures and treatments for diseases kind of minimize those tradeoffs between safety and speed.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette expresses concern about industry pressures affecting safety in medical device approvals.

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