The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released Strategic Priorities 2011 – 2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century, described as the final version of a strategic priorities document outlining the goals that will guide the agency and its 12,000 employees through 2015. The document “provides a vision of the FDA that includes:
– a modernized field of regulatory science that draws on innovations in science and technology to help ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical products throughout their life cycles,
– an integrated global food safety system focused on prevention and improved nutrition
– expanded efforts to meet the needs of special populations.
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