Public Meeting – Food and Drug Administration’s Communications About the Safety of Medical Devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public meeting entitled “Food and Drug Administration’s Communications About the Safety of Medical Devices.” The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the development, content and format of FDA safety communications about medical devices. It is not intended to inform the criteria for when the FDA would issue a communication. The goal of this public meeting is to share the FDA’s current practices about medical device safety communications, and to hear from our stakeholders (including patients and caregivers, healthcare providers, regulated industry, and media) about how we can improve our safety communications to assure they receive the information they need in a timely, clear, and consistent manner.