On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) published an important and noteworthy draft guidance document entitled “Circumstances that Constitute Delaying, Denying, Limiting, or Refusing a...more
12/20/2022
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On April 8, 2022, FDA issued new, long-awaited draft guidance “Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions” (Draft Cybersecurity Guidance). 1 This draft guidance...more
On February 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register, 87 Fed. Reg. 10119, the long-awaited proposed rule, Medical Devices; Quality System Regulation Amendments (Docket No....more
3/2/2022
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During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a series of Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) and guidance...more
On November 4, 2021, FDA released a draft guidance for public comment entitled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions” (the “2021 Draft Guidance”). In its final form, this guidance will replace the...more
Premarket Notification Again Required for Patient and Surgeon's Examination Gloves and Dozens of Class II Devices Proposed for Exemption by Former HHS Secretary -
On April 16, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”...more
Earlier this week, FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announced the appointment of Professor Kevin Fu, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, as the Center’s first Acting Director of Medical...more
On September 24, 2020, FDA announced that it was taking action to help lower prescription drug prices by issuing a final rule and a final guidance aimed at facilitating the safe importation of certain prescription drugs....more
10/5/2020
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Yesterday, FDA published a proposed rule amending its medical product “intended use” regulations in an effort to “provide direction and clarity to regulated industry and other stakeholders.” If finalized, the rule would amend...more
On August 18, 2017, in the nick of time, President Trump signed the FDA User Fee Reauthorization Bill of 2017 (FDARA) (H.R. 2430) into law, bringing a sigh of relief from both FDA and Industry. The law reauthorizes the...more