In 2014, Las Vegas urologist, Dr. Michael Kaplan, was convicted by a federal jury for reusing single-use plastic needle guides during prostate biopsies. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit adulteration in violation of...more
Between January 20 and February 9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued four guidances related to its policies toward low risk devices. These guidances were largely developed as an outgrowth from FDA’s...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently issued guidance on an array of medical device-related software and systems. A first guidance for ”Data Systems and Imaging Devices” issued on February 9, 2015, and...more
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a flurry of guidance and draft guidance in an effort to better define the types of products that the FDA will choose to actively regulate. In one of these...more
Accessories are an everyday reality for almost all users of technology products today. They can help improve efficacy, increase usability and make many other improvements to the technology we use. Increasingly, accessories...more
On February 09, 2015, the FDA issued final guidelines[1] to outline its regulatory enforcement approach to mobile medical applications (or “apps”). The FDA is taking a risk-based approach, focusing its oversight on apps that...more
2015 has been a busy year for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In January, the FDA issued guidance documents addressing wellness applications as well as accessories to medical devices and it looks like the...more
In a move certain to please developers of health information technology (IT) products, on February 6, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted final guidance announcing its intent to exercise enforcement...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently issued draft guidance that directly affects health information technology (“Health IT”), specifically medical device accessories and general wellness products. The new...more
On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document titled Medical Device Accessories: Defining Accessories and Classification Pathway for New Accessory Types (January 20, 2015)...more
On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a draft guidance document outlining the FDA’s proposed approach to the regulation of general wellness devices (Draft General Wellness Guidance) under the...more
On Jan. 16, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration promulgated a much-anticipated draft guidance concerning the classification and regulation of general wellness products. The draft guidance is the FDA’s latest attempt...more
Background - On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced the availability of two draft guidance documents in the Federal Register: “General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk...more