Pebbles in the Stream: Does the FDA Slow Medical Technology Innovation?
December 04, 2010 at 12:53 PM EST
I’ve been using the metaphor of “throwing pebbles in a stream” to describe the effect of regulation on innovation. No single regulation or regulatory activity is going to deter innovation by itself, just like no single pebble is going to affect a stream. But if you throw in enough small pebbles, you can dam up [...]