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On November 4, 2021, FDA released a draft guidance for public comment entitled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions” (the “2021 Draft Guidance”).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
Implications for 510(k) Submissions -
On September 20, 2019, FDA issued four separate draft guidance documents for industry and FDA administration staff that provide extensive objective performance criteria (OPC) for five...more
FDA Announces Intent to Modernize the Medical Device Review Process that Would Discourage Reliance on Older Devices as Predicates for the 510(k) Process -
Last week FDA released two statements announcing plans and...more
On August 16, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) announced (by tweet!) that it was issuing a draft...more
Following its recent announcement that it would not finalize its 2014 draft guidance on laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a Discussion Paper on Laboratory Developed...more
Program Has Broad Reach -
On October 21, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration launched a webpage that contains an Allegations of Regulatory Misconduct Form to enable whistleblowers, competitors, and others to report...more