Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition Letter to Senate HELP on the Updated Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 (FDASLA)

June 13, 2022: While pleased with many of the changes in the updated bill introduced on May 26, we continue to have serious concerns regarding a number of provisions, including: lack of sufficient post-market surveillance of medical devices; several weaknesses regarding accelerated approval reform; lack of bill language to improve the diversity of patients in clinical trials used as the basis of FDA approval decisions; and the lack of post-market surveillance activities in the VALID Act.

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