Watered-Down 3rd-Party Device Servicers Bill Added To User Fee Package

The House Energy & Commerce Committee attached a watered-down version of Rep. Ryan Costello's (R-PA) medical device imaging servicers bill to FDA user fee legislation Wednesday (May 7). Costello's original bill, which required third-party medical device servicers to register with FDA, sparked debate during an E&C health panel hearing Tuesday (May 2). The updated language eliminates all the registration requirements laid out in the previous bill and instead calls on FDA to submit a report within 180 days of the...