Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final version of its guidance “Requests for Feedback and Meetings for Medical Device Submissions: The Q-Submission Program,” offering an expanded framework...more
Ariel Seeley served on the panel titled AI Trends in Medical Devices: Global Developments, FDA Policies, and Software as a Medical Device at the 2025 Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Annual Conference. The panel provided an...more
CDRH and CBER Release Final Guidance for the Q-Submission Program and Draft Guidance for PreSTAR - On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center...more
On June 2, 2025, FDA announced the launch of Elsa, a generative AI tool designed to “help employees—from scientific reviewers to investigators—work more efficiently.” Per FDA, the tool “modernizes agency functions and...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
Key Points - FDA will publish draft guidance on its Predetermined Change Control Plan in 2021 and host a public workshop on transparency requirements around AI/ML-based devices. - FDA plans to pilot Real-World Performance...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released significant changes to its recommendations for the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in gynecologic procedures, including an update to safety communications...more
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
The FDA recently released six guidance documents as part of the agency’s continued focus on updating the regulatory stance on software as a medical device and other digital health products. The updated guidance documents...more
On September 27, 2019, FDA issued a new draft guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software, supplanting its 2017 draft guidance, Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software. ...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new draft guidance titled "Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment."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
On April 23, FDA issued draft guidance entitled “Initiation of Voluntary Recalls Under 21 CFR Part 7, Subpart C,” which aims to clarify how firms in a product distribution chain should prepare to facilitate timely initiation...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
On September 28, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a draft guidance document, entitled "The Special 510(k) Program," which, when finalized, will supersede the currently in effect Special...more