U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk's Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans, according to an agency report reviewed by Reuters. The inspectors identified quality control lapses at the company's California animal research facility. A similar inspection at Neuralink's Texas facility did not find problems, according to agency records.
Just one month after the FDA approved Elon Musk-owned startup Neuralink to start human trials of its brain implant chip, agency inspectors found serious problems with the company s animal testing.
The inspectors identified quality control lapses at the company s California animal research facility. A similar inspection at Neuralink s Texas facility did not find problems, according to agency records. Those visits took place last year from June 12-22, and represent the FDA s sole inspections of Neuralink facilities on record.
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