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Mosie Baby, a Texas-based fertility care company, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its over-the-counter intravaginal insemination kit. The kit was developed for those who are unable to...more
ABK Biomedical successfully secured Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA on December 5, 2023, for its Eye90 microspheres device, which is indicated for the treatment of unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). The...more
Neurovalens successfully secured 510(k) clearance from the FDA on October 27, 2023 for its Modius Sleep device with relation to treatment of insomnia and/or anxiety. The clearance was supported by data collected from a...more
It’s common for a client to show up at my door and explain that they have performance data on a medical device they have been testing, and for the client to ask me if the performance they found is adequate to obtain FDA...more
The FDA implemented the breakthrough device program in 2015. The program was designed to expedite review of premarket approval (PMA), 510(k) clearance, and De Novo marketing authorizations. Applicants can seek a breakthrough...more
On June 5, 2023, GE HealthCare announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of Sonic DL™. GE HealthCare reports that Sonic DL™ is a deep learning-based technology intended to capture cardiac MRI images within a single heartbeat....more
When it comes to discussing medical devices regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), words such as “approved” and “cleared” cannot be used interchangeably as these terms carry a particular meaning....more
In the past week, the FDA authorized Pfizer’s and Merck’s oral antivirals for the treatment of COVID-19. The Biden-Harris Administration released the Trucking Action Plan. The CDC endorsed ACIP recommendation of preference...more
On Monday, November 15, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) repealed a policy established by the Trump administration that directed the FDA not to...more
In a not-so-unexpected turn of events, the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rescinded a notice issued by the Trump administration’s HHS...more
On April 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice of withdrawal of their January 15 proposal to exempt 84 medical device types ...more
On January 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice and request for information (RFI) proposing to exempt 91 medical devices – for which the normal regulatory process was temporarily...more
In what appears to be another electronic tool in the US Food and Drug Administration’s quest to move to full digital submissions for medical devices, the eSTAR program provides 510(k) applicants with a PDF template document...more
The legal definitions of a drug and a medical device set forth in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act have some important overlapping provisions. Because of the overlapping provisions, theoretically the U.S. Food and Drug...more
In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration announced several actions relevant to the 510(k) premarket notification regulatory pathway. AGG has previously written about some of these, such as the pilot expansion of the Special...more
Thirty-two days into the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) announced two developments signaling further headway toward advancing its previously reported goal to...more
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed set of new regulations to further define and update the De Novo review process. Although De Novo review has been available for two decades, for the past 20...more
On November 26, 2018, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. and the Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Jeff Shuren, M.D., J.D. announced FDA’s intention to take multiple actions in the near future to...more
On 20 November 2018 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director Jeffrey Shuren released a joint statement regarding updates to the Medical...more
Background: The Increasing Regulation of Medical Devices Subject to 510(k) Clearance - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) 510(k) premarket clearance pathway is the road to commercialization for thousands of...more
FDA's "510(k)" process, by which a medical device manufacturer can bring a product to market based on the premise that the proposed device is the substantially equivalent to a an already legally marketed "predicate device",...more
On November 26, 2018, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and device center director Jeff Shuren issued a statement outlining a plan to modernize the 510(k) premarket review program to bolster medical device safety. The 510(k)...more
On 26 November 2018 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director Jeffrey Shuren issued a joint statement proposing to rebrand and modernize the...more
Over the past couple of years, FDA has introduced multiple programs allowing faster review of medical devices in order to get them to market more quickly. Some of the FDA’s efforts have been highly visible, such as the...more
Consumer demand for digital health care devices has soared, and it shows no signs of slowing down. But when bringing these devices to market, companies in the digital health space are confronted with numerous challenges. ...more