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Activity Number: 302
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Consulting
Abstract - #309169
Title: Statistical Consulting in Medical Devices: Opportunities and Challenges
Author(s): Jianxiong Chu*+
Companies: Food and Drug Administration
Address: 1350 Piccard Drive, First floor, Rockville, MD, 20850,
Keywords: statistical consulting ; medical devices ; opportunities ; challenges
Abstract:

Compared to drugs, medical devices are as vital to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases. The device industry has developed life-saving and life-enhancing products such as pacemakers, artificial joints/hips/spinal discs, and drug-eluting stents. Recent scientific advances in bioengineering, biomaterials, genomics, and nanotechnology may accelerate the innovation of new medical devices for delivering high-quality health care. In this roundtable, I will briefly describe the differences between drugs and devices to kickoff the discussion about the opportunities and challenges of statistical consulting in the development of new medical devices. For those of you who have been involved in medical devices, please come and share. For those of you who have not been involved but want to, please also come and learn more about the exciting field of medical devices.

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