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“TECHNOLOGY NOT OR HAS BEEN CLEARED APPROVED OR BY THE FDA AND IS NOT YF”

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FDA medical device approval costs ~$31M on average

A 2010 Stanford study found U.S. device makers spend $31M and 3–7 years on FDA approval vs. ~$1.4M and 1–2 years in Europe. That cost gap shapes which innovations reach American patients first.

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