Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Warning Letter concerning unauthorized modifications made to a previously cleared medical device (i.e., 510(k)). ...more
Among the wave of guidance documents issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) in the first week of 2025 were three notable draft guidance documents pertaining to medical devices (together, the...more
US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more
There were so many interesting and significant developments related to the various missions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the last week or so of September 2022 that we decided to create a summary...more
Bob Dylan sang, “Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know.” In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration said the same to the medical device industry when it issued a draft guidance, “Notifying the FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) issued Guidance[1] on March 22, 2020 to continue its efforts to maintain an adequate supply of devices to treat patients who develop respiratory failure or respiratory...more
On 19 February 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) released a draft guidance entitled, "Nonbinding Feedback After Certain FDA Inspections of Device Establishments" (draft guidance) for comment. ...more
The draft guidances create a grey area between “on-label” and “off-label” communications that will require careful navigation as manufacturers develop HCEI analyses and promotional communications....more
Among the flurry of policies the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released in the waning days of the Obama administration are several documents that seek to clarify the agency’s positions on communications about medical...more