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A Very Fine Line — Split Decision: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software

From his 1986 “Back in the High Life” album, Steve Winwood sings, “It’s a fine line, a very fine line – split decision.” In fact, that’s what many medical device companies will face as they review the Food and Drug...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - October 2019

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

Medical Device Developments: FDA Finalizes Four 510(k) Guidance Documents

In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued multiple final guidance documents related to the medical device program. ...more

FDA Considers How to Evaluate the Safety of the Materials Used in Medical Devices

On September 30, 2019, Jeff Shuren, Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) issued a statement to announce the most recent updates to the agency’s attempts to evaluate...more

FDA Releases Guidance on Acceptance Review for De Novo Classification Requests

On September 9, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration released a final guidance document, Acceptance Review for De Novo Classification Requests, to clarify the content that companies need to include in de novo requests to...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2019

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

FDA Says a Medical Device Sterilizer’s Promotion Is Too Hot to Touch

The Food and Drug Administration, channeling Kool & The Gang’s 1979 hit, “Too Hot,” issued a Warning Letter to a medical device company that marketed a sealed sterilization container for unlawful promotion. ...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - May 2019

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

FDA Has Not Gone Away When It Comes to Unlawful Medical Device Promotion: Companies Receive Warning Letters for Violative...

In April 2019, the Food and Drug Administration issued two Warning Letters to medical device manufacturers, reminding industry that the agency will take enforcement action against unlawful promotion when it sees fit. One...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - April 2019

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

FDA’s Steps Toward a New Review Framework for Medical Devices That Use Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

On April 2, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration issued a statement by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on steps toward a new review framework specifically tailored to promote the development of medical devices that use...more

Rx Drug and Medical Device Advertising & Promotion – Considerations and Predictions for 2019

AGG recently presented a webinar on “FDA Regulation of Rx Drug and Medical Device Advertising & Promotion: The Year in Review.” The webinar focused primarily on enforcement letters and three guidance documents issued by the...more

Medical Device Landscape: Additional Developments for the 510(k) Pathway

In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration announced several actions relevant to the 510(k) premarket notification regulatory pathway. AGG has previously written about some of these, such as the pilot expansion of the Special...more

It’s De Novo All Over Again: FDA Issues a Proposed Rule to Implement the De Novo Classification Process

In December 2018, the Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that would amend the medical device classification regulation to implement the De Novo classification process. ...more

FDA Launches Pilot to Expand the Special 510(k) Program

On October 1, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a pilot expansion of the Special 510(k) Program. The Special 510(k) Program was developed to help streamline the 510(k) premarket notification process for...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2018

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

Talk This Way, Pt. 2

Once again channeling Aerosmith’s 1975 single, “Walk This Way,” and the song lyric, “Talk This Way,” the Food and Drug Administration has issued two final guidance documents on medical product communications. These final...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - April 2018

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

(Don’t) Take the Long Way Home: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Expansion of the Abbreviated 510(k) Program

The Food and Drug Administration channeled, in the other direction, the 1979 Supertramp song, “Take the Long Way Home,” after it issued a draft guidance entitled, “Expansion of the Abbreviated 510(k) Program: Demonstrating...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - March 2018

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - February 2018

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

FDA Issues Guidance on Submitting 510(k)s for Changes to Existing Devices

On October 25, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document, Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device, which describes when a change in a medical device would...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - September 2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

You Can’t Pass the Regulatory Compliance Buck with a Quality Agreement; FDA Reiterates the Point in a Recent Warning Letter

Companies can’t sign quality agreements and then say “we’re done.” This message was brought home with a recent Warning Letter issued by the Food and Drug Administration to a pharmaceutical company for violating current good...more

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

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