Metric

FY01

FY02

FY03

FY04a

FY05a

Total elapsed time

105

101

104

92

69

FDA review time

83

81

78

64

49

a Cohort not complete.   


Table IV. Average FDA review time and average total elapsed time, from filing to clearance, for all premarket notifications (510(k)s) receiving substantially equivalent or not substantially equivalent decisions, FY01–FY05. Source: FDA Office of Device Evaluation.