WASHINGTON - An independent watchdog group says the government has quietly scaled back enforcement of federal quality regulations at labs that develop medical devices.
The Project on Government Oversight found that the Food and Drug Administration has dramatically reduced inspections of "good laboratory practices" at facilities that do the earliest testing of medical devices. Such inspections declined from 33 in 2005, to seven in 2007, to just one last year, according a report the group was releasing Wednesday. No inspections are planned for this year, the report said.
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer
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