Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 18
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 167: Dr. Ehsan Samei & Dr. Susan Halabi, Triangle CERSI
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 104: Dr. Nicholas Vafai, Founder and President, Viro Research
DE Talk | Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Employer vs Employee Rights
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: FDA’s Regulation of Products Containing CBD
What device companies need to know ahead of an advisory panel meeting
Anyone who has submitted a medical device for pre-market review knows the financial investment it takes to for FDA to conduct its review. Under the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA), certain submissions, including...more
On July 10, 2025, in the name of embracing “radical transparency,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it was publishing more than 200 complete response letters (“CRLs”) issued in response to drug and...more
The intersection of patent strategy and FDA regulatory strategy is a critical consideration for medical device companies. A well-integrated approach can create powerful barriers to entry, strengthen intellectual property (IP)...more
Recently, China's National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”) released a new version of the Inspection Points for Clinical Trials of Medical Devices. This new rule replaces two previous versions published in 2016 and...more
Femtech stands at an exciting inflection point. What was initially perceived as a niche category focused on period-tracking apps has evolved into a comprehensive ecosystem addressing women's health needs with individualized...more
TELA Bio—which was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania—is a medical device company that specializes in providing soft-tissue surgical products. According to TELA Bio, its soft-tissue reconstruction solutions...more
Developing a medical product, such as a medical device, comes with important milestones that can cause a project to sink or swim. One major milestone is amassing the clinical data needed to support pre-market submissions....more
Byonyks, a medical device company focused on advancing dialysis care, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Byonyks X1 APD Cycler, an automated peritoneal...more
Welcome to Vital Signs, a curated compilation of the latest legal and regulatory developments in digital health....more
As AI transforms medicine, some of the most promising healthcare innovations are at risk of exclusion by Medicare’s outdated and complex reimbursement structures. The Health Tech Investment Act, or S. 1399, introduced in...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been ahead of the curve for a number of years on emerging issues and opportunities for the agency and regulated industry arising from the advent and evolution of artificial...more
On March 22, 2025, Gardner Law, PLLC proudly co-hosted a thought-provoking continuing legal education (CLE) event with the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law Institute, titled “AI in Healthcare: Adapting to...more
Mitral regurgitation is the most common form of valvular heart disease and affects around 10% of Americans over 75. It occurs when the mitral valve, which is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle, doesn’t...more
Welcome to our ninth annual report on US securities class actions filed against publicly traded life sciences companies, which include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare companies....more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released two draft guidance documents (Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations and...more
While generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI") has the potential to fundamentally change health care, it presents unique risks and complexities that challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA" or "Agency")...more
As a streamlined method for obtaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") authorization of post-market functionality, FDA issued final guidance recommending the information to include in a Predetermined Change Control...more
You may be familiar with the data that FDA publicly shares on devices designated as having breakthrough status, and devices ultimately approved after receiving that status....more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized guidance on the types of information that should be included in a Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) as part of a marketing submission for an artificial...more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom President-elect Trump has said will “go wild on health” in his administration, posted shortly before the election...more
For decades, FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has been recognizing standards that can be referenced in premarket medical device submissions....more
Over the past decade, FDA approvals of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)–enabled medical devices have surged. They reached a record high of 221 last year, according to data tracing back to 1995....more
We have been monitoring the dispute between Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (“Edwards”) and Meril Life Sciences Pvt., Ltd. (“Meril”) before and after the initial Federal Circuit decision. The dispute focused on whether Meril’s...more
This month, I explore just how old medical devices are as measured by the date they were cleared or approved by the FDA, using the Global Unique Device Identification Database....more
I may be jumping the gun here, but I’m anxious to understand how the new flurry of AI medical devices is performing in the marketplace, or more specifically, whether the devices are failing to perform in a way that...more