The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time. In this week's Report: FDA revokes...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently decided in Genus Medical Technologies LLC v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration that, when classifying a biomedical product as either a “drug” or a “device,” FDA does not...more
In Tuesday's Report: FDA warns of false test results due to mutations, and authorizes new OTC tests; NY state clarifies paid vaccination leave law; and California requires COVID-19 paid sick…...more
4/6/2021
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Employee Rights ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Life Sciences ,
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Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
Companies in the life sciences and health care industry, like most companies, navigated unparalleled challenges in 2020. But unlike other industries, they had to do so while simultaneously facing the biggest challenge of all...more
On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance outlining the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) for Medical Devices: a voluntary program for medical devices and device-led...more
In Tuesday's Report: FDA lists essential medicines and medical countermeasures, Trump plans health official replacement, FDA expands remote monitoring exemption list, WHO director self-quarantines, and other U.S. White House...more
On October 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announced the list of priority guidance documents that CDRH intends to publish this fiscal year (FY-2021)....more
The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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9/29/2020
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Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Virus Testing
The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time....more
8/26/2020
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China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Financing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Inspections ,
Laboratory Developed Tests ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Moratorium ,
Payment Systems ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Relief Measures
On August 6, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued his much-anticipated "Buy American" Executive Order (EO), intended to increase and support domestic manufacture and Federal government procurement of "essential...more
8/10/2020
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Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
Countermeasures ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
On July 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final guidance “Multiple Function Device Products: Policy and Considerations,” which describes FDA's regulatory approach and policy for products with multiple...more
On July 21, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an immediately in effect enforcement policy guidance to help facilitate the availability of devices used in transporting clinical specimens for the duration...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the enforcement discretion period for certain human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) by an additional six months, citing the challenges...more
7/21/2020
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Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Premarket Approval Applications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures
Our Medical Device and Technology team has been at the forefront of the COVID-19 legal response since the pandemic swept across the globe. In just a few short months, our team has taken on nearly 200 matters, ranging from...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently withdrew its plans for a “Devices Referencing Drugs” (DRD) regulatory approval pathway, which it had proposed in September 2017....more
On June 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted updates to their Molecular Diagnostic Templates for developers that intend their assay to be used for pooled patient samples or for screening asymptomatic...more
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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4/9/2020
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EIOPA ,
EU ,
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Imports ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Supplies ,
Moratorium ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Relief Measures ,
Tariffs ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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3/25/2020
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EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
REMS
On Wednesday, March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the guidance “Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic."...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is soliciting participation in a voluntary pilot program for streamlining electronic submissions for 510(k) premarket notifications for medical devices other than...more
FDA announced the introduction of a collaboration between the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to provide the agency’s view of the current science in...more
We are pleased to provide you with the third annual installment of our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons guide. For each of these guides, we have asked our industry thought leaders throughout the world to write about...more
2/26/2020
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AIDS ,
Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Blockchain ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Digital Health ,
Drug Distribution ,
Drug Pricing ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Technology ,
HIV ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Device Data System ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Software ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Research and Development ,
Right to Try ,
Robotics ,
Supply Chain ,
Telehealth
On 19 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) released the draft guidance document entitled "Safer Technologies Program for Medical Devices" (STeP), effectively following through on the...more
On 6 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) issued its final guidance document entitled "Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Program."
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On 9 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) issued its final guidance document entitled "Acceptance Review for De Novo Classification Requests."
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