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FDA Issues Two Guidances For the Device Q-Sub Process

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CDRH and CBER Release Final Guidance for the Q-Submission Program and Draft Guidance for PreSTAR - On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center...more

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Are FDA Review Timelines Slipping? What Companies Need to Know

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As noted in our earlier alert, the FDA continues to face mounting internal pressure, ranging from staffing reductions and document backlogs to operational restructuring. While core review functions are still running, early...more

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FDA Unleashes AI to Review Product Applications

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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

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Venable FDA Pulse: FDA at the 100-Day Mark of Trump Administration 2.0

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Since returning to office for a second term, President Trump has taken steps to reshape federal agencies. Here, we discuss the significant changes that have occurred at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) during...more

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EU Geopolitical Risk Update - Key Policy & Regulatory Developments No. 119

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This regular alert covers key policy and regulatory developments related to EU geopolitical risks, including in particular, economic security, Russia’s war against Ukraine, health threats, and cyber threats. It does not...more

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Key Considerations for Oncology

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to revolutionize health care. In oncology, there are now opportunities to apply AI to support diagnostics, predictive analytics, and administrative functions. This hot topic was...more

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EU Emergency Response Update – Key Policy & Regulatory Developments No. 115

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This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, COVID-19, and cyber threats. It does not purport to provide an...more

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Special Report - 2022 FDA Year in Review

As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more

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FDA Concludes Software Pre-Cert Pilot Program, Noting Federal Legislative Action is Needed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) has issued a final report discussing the results of its Software Precertification Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). Importantly, the September 26, 2022 report...more

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STeP’ing up: FDA advances expedited device review program, set to begin in March

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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

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UK regulation of medical devices from 1 January 2021

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has published new guidance (the "Guidance") on how medical devices will be regulated in Great Britain ("GB") (England, Wales and Scotland) and in Northern...more

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New medical device regulation in Spain opened for public consultation

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Spain’s Ministry of Health initiated proceedings for approval of the new regulation on medical devices with a call for a prior public consultation to receive contributions from interested parties....more

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Evolution & Revolution: Device Policy Priorities at FDA in 2019

This post is the first in a series of three in which we recap the Food and Drug Administration’s somewhat difficult year, having spent the majority of it without a permanent Commissioner and facing a slew of political and...more

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Publication of further guidance on the role of the “UK Responsible Person” in case of no-deal Brexit

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On 18 September 2019, the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published new guidance regarding the role and responsibilities of the “UK Responsible Person”. ...more

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New draft guidance on MR compatibility for medical devices

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new draft guidance titled "Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment." ...more

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FDA Proposes Pathway for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Software

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Last week, the FDA published a discussion paper outlining a proposed regulatory framework for artificial intelligence/machine learning software as a medical device (AI/ML SaMD)....more

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Device Modernization Series: In Vitro Clinical Tests

In our first two Device Modernization series posts, we discussed FDA’s 510(k) modernization efforts and the proposed De Novo regulation. FDA has also had a heavy hand in legislative efforts to retool oversight of laboratory...more

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FDA proposes a process for receiving nonbinding feedback on an establishment's response to an FDA Form 483

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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

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Likely FDA Impact of the Government Shutdown: Regulatory Submission Reviews, Inspections, and Research Projects

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The U.S. government shutdown that began December 22, 2018 affected only about a quarter of federal agencies, because most had already been funded for FY 2019.  Unfortunately, FDA is one of the agencies with at least some...more

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FDA wants to hear from you: Proposed framework for regulating output of digital health tools accompanying prescription drugs as...

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On 20 November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a request for comments on a proposed framework for regulating the output of digital health applications disseminated by or on behalf of drug manufacturers with...more

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