FDA Grant to Drive Paediatric Medical Device Development

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a grant worth over $11 million (nearly $US7.5 million) to the Alliance for Pediatric Device Innovation (APDI), to promote the development and commercialisation of medical devices designed for use in children.

The five-year grant will support a platform of services, expertise and funding that supports medtech innovators in bringing paediatric-focused devices to market.

Led by Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC, esteemed APDI consortium members include Johns Hopkins University, CIMIT at Mass General Brigham, Tufts Medical Center and Medstar Health Research Institute.

“Children are our future, and they deserve to benefit from the best advancements that medical technology can offer,” said principal investigator, Dr Kolaleh Eskandanian in a press release.

“Working with our distinguished consortium partners, we will build upon our collective strengths to bring more pediatric devices to patient care while minimizing the barriers to device innovation.”

For further information, refer to the recent press release distributed by Children’s National Hospital.