Gottlieb: FDA Should More Systematically Review Existing Regs

September 11, 2017 at 6:53 PM
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told stakeholder Monday (Sept. 11) he wants to see the agency more systematically review existing regulations. Gottlieb also attempted to dispel beliefs that the goal of recent Federal Register notices directing stakeholders to identify outdated regulations is solely to cut regulations. The agency issued notices Friday asking stakeholders to help FDA identify existing regulations and related paperwork requirements that could be “modified, repealed, or replaced, consistent with the law, to achieve meaningful burden reduction while allowing...


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