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Joe Pitts: “Congress has acted, and in fact, when we had the Medical Devices User Fee Act in the last Congress, we specifically…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
Congress has acted, and in fact, when we had the Medical Devices User Fee Act in the last Congress, we specifically rejected in that bill a moratorium on FDA's use of its authority over medical devices that happened to be implemented as mobile applications.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts emphasizes Congress's proactive stance on regulating medical devices, including mobile applications.

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