Center for Devices and Radiological Health: Health of Women Program; Public Workshop; Request for Comments

概要

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public workshop: "The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Health of Women (HoW) Program: Educate, Enable, Enlist and Explore--HoW to Improve the Health of Women." CDRH is developing the HoW Program to explore unique issues in the regulation of medical devices related to the health of women and seeks public input on the priority activities. The CDRH HoW program seeks to bring together industry, clinicians, researchers, academia, government agencies, and patient/advocacy groups in an effort to: (1) Highlight device-specific clinical Study recruitment and retention strategies; (2) improve analysis and communication of sex-specific findings to providers and patients; (3) develop a priority research road map for the HoW device ecosystem. The workshop focus will be device- and disease-specific, patient centered, and action oriented. Dates and Times: The public workshop will be held on June 24, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and June 25, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: The public workshop will be held on FDA's White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Silver Spring, MD 20993. Contact: Nada Hana