On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in the Federal Register the issuance of a draft guidance entitled “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented...more
After enactment of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which established three regulatory classes for medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been required to classify all medical devices into Class I,...more
In December 2016, fifteen Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, including then-Commissioner Robert Califf and current Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine...more
As disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been working hard to keep FDA-regulated clinical trials on track. Everyone involved in clinical trials should be acutely...more
12/14/2020
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Data Integrity ,
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Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
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Medical Devices ,
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Time Is Ripe To Update SOPs And To Ensure Compliance with Results Submission Requirements -
In recent days, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) clarified the requirements for submission of certain...more
Implications for 510(k) Submissions -
On September 20, 2019, FDA issued four separate draft guidance documents for industry and FDA administration staff that provide extensive objective performance criteria (OPC) for five...more
On April 2, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) proposed a new regulatory framework to address the development and marketing of artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software as a...more
4/10/2019
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Healthcare Facilities ,
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FDA Announces Intent to Modernize the Medical Device Review Process that Would Discourage Reliance on Older Devices as Predicates for the 510(k) Process -
Last week FDA released two statements announcing plans and...more
FDA issued a Form FDA 483 to fifteen prominent hospitals across the United States following inspections that demonstrated failures to comply with the user facility medical device reporting requirements pursuant to 21 C.F.R....more
On September 21, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule that greatly expands the information that sponsors of “applicable drug clinical trials” and “applicable device clinical trials”...more
10/27/2016
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Clinical Trials ,
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA) ,
Good Cause ,
Medical Devices ,
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Access Laws ,
Public Health Service Act