The first day of this year's annual meeting of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA; Washington) included the usual talks by FDA officials, but Jeff Shuren, MD, director of the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, seemed to strike a more conciliatory tone than in recent public appearances. Shuren noted that several guidances are in the works for publication later this year, but he urged members of the audience to take their problems up a notch if they believe a reviewer's demands are irrational, promising "nobody is going to retaliate against you." (Medical Device Daily)