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Ed Markey: But if you found that it was substantially equivalent, would you be able to reject it?

On the recordApril 17, 2012
But if you found that it was substantially equivalent, would you be able to reject it?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the FDA's authority to reject defective medical devices.

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