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On the recordApril 3, 2017
I worry that having the prescription drug industry fund through PDUFA and the medical device industry fund through MDUFA and nobody having a vested interest in the combined products could lead to a loss of interest in moving the combined product effort forward.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse expresses concern over funding reliance affecting combined product development.

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