The MDDT program was developed in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a way for the FDA to qualify tools that medical device sponsors can use in the development and evaluation of medical devices.
The new guidance is intended to establish confidence in automation used for production or quality assurance systems and describe various methods and testing activities that may be applied to establish computer software assurance and meet regulatory software validation requirements.
The final rule from the FDA establishes a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers.
The Experiential Learning Program (ELP) provides CDRH review staff with an opportunity to visit sites and gain a better understanding of the products they review. The 2023 ELP Site Visit Proposal period is open now until September 6, 2022.
Before product developers can more confidently design RWE studies and venture away from the traditional path of lengthy prospective studies, industry must overcome several challenges. This article provides insight on these barriers and perspective on how industry might fully realize the promise of RWE in the near-term to advance health care.
The FDA does not intend to enforce the GUDID submission requirements for Class I and unclassified devices, other than implantable, life-supporting or life-sustaining devices, regardless of whether they are consumer health products, before December 8, 2022.
The committee will be discussing skin lesion analyzer technology and its application in detecting skin cancers in various patient care settings as well as the potential reclassification of approved computer-aided melanoma detection class III devices.
Manufacturers preparing premarket submissions should provide performance specifications for the quantitative imaging functions, supporting performance data, and sufficient information for the end user to obtain, understand and interpret the values provided.
Manufacturers preparing premarket submissions should provide performance specifications for the quantitative imaging functions, supporting performance data, and sufficient information for the end user to obtain, understand and interpret the values provided.
Old justifications or business reasons for security gaps are obsolesced. We need robust medical device cybersecurity, but we need it in a manner that is workable by both MDMs and HDOs.
As of June 1, 2022, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health plans to accept all non-COVID in vitro diagnostic (IVD) pre-submissions.
As of June 1, 2022, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health plans to accept all non-COVID in vitro diagnostic (IVD) pre-submissions.
