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Inside the Healthcare Industry: The Impact of Human Factors & User Experience in Healthcare

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Human Factors and User Experience testing play an important role in healthcare settings and in the development of healthcare products. They can greatly impact the delivery of care, and the patient experience delivered by...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Exploring Treatment Options for Exactech Shoulder Issues: Surgery vs. Non-Surgical Approaches

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Safety Communication advising healthcare providers to stop implanting Equinoxe Shoulder System joint replacement devices manufactured by Exactech. The Safety...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FDA Cracks Down on Unapproved Eye Products

On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to eight companies, including two major drugstore retail chains, for their involvement in the production or promotion of unapproved...more

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Product Liability Update - January 2023

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MASSACHUSETTS - Massachusetts Federal Court Holds State Law Claims Alleging Misleading “Rapid Release” Labeling Of OTC Acetaminophen Tablets Preempted By Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, As Tablets’ Dissolution Rate...more

Gardner Law

Transatlantic Legal-Regulatory Update: Live from the Heart of Silicon Valley

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US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more

Dechert LLP

FDA’s Proposal For Listing Materials on Medical Device Labeling: Considerations for Industry

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Key takeaways - FDA is soliciting feedback on a proposed framework to change medical device labeling to require long-term devices to identify all constituent materials that might come into contact with human tissue and to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Detailed Summary of Federal Requirements for Production of Hand Sanitizing Products

To meet the growing need for hand sanitizing products, various federal agencies including the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Federal Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress have...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FDA Eases Enforcement to Help Make More Ventilators Available

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) issued Guidance[1] on March 22, 2020 to continue its efforts to maintain an adequate supply of devices to treat patients who develop respiratory failure or respiratory...more

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No Way Around It: The Need for Federal "Permission and Assistance" Can Preempt a State Tort Duty

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In the simplest case for federal preemption, federal law prohibits conduct that a state tort duty would require, such as a change in the design of an approved medical device to cure an alleged defect. Because federal law is...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA Issues New Draft Cybersecurity Guidance for Medical Devices

The Food & Drug Administration has recently released for comment a draft expansion of guidance regarding Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices. Although the FDA issued existing...more

King & Spalding

FDA and Life Sciences FDA Finalizes Guidances for “Consistent Communications” and Payor Communications

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A Summary of Final Guidances for Communications That Are Consistent with FDA-Required Labeling and Communications with Payors - On June 12, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) finalized two draft...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FDA Finalizes Guidance on Payor Communications

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On June 12, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications with Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities – Questions and Answers guidance (Final Guidance)....more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Off-Label Use Gets Congressional Hearing

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Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tilted “Examining Medical Product Manufacturer Communications.” According to the Committee, the focus of the hearing will be how the Food and Drug...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Pushes UDI System Compliance Date Back for Class I and Unclassified Devices

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On June 2, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a letter to device labelers that it will issue a guidance document stating that FDA will exercise its enforcement discretion for the unique device...more

Morgan Lewis

FDA Devices Center Issues Multiple Guidances in the Obama Administration’s Final Months

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A flurry of regulatory activity preceded the transition in administration on January 20. Anticipating that the new administration would impose a regulatory slowdown, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s or the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Talk This Way: FDA Provides Guidelines on Medical Product Communications Consistent With the FDA-Required Labeling

Channeling Aerosmith’s 1975 single, “Walk This Way,” and the song lyric “Talk This Way,” the Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance to industry on how it can communicate certain types of product information...more

Troutman Pepper

Beyond the Label: FDA Addresses Permissible Scope of Communications With Payors and Physicians

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The draft guidances create a grey area between “on-label” and “off-label” communications that will require careful navigation as manufacturers develop HCEI analyses and promotional communications....more

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FDA Issues Final Rule on Use of Symbols in Labeling

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The Food and Drug Administration published a Final Rule in the Federal Register revising labeling regulations for medical devices and certain biological products to allow for the use of symbols without adjacent explanatory...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Picture of Health: FDA Rule Allows Symbols to Replace Text on Device Labels

In June 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final rule explicitly allowing the use of approved symbols, without accompanying text, on medical device and certain biological product labeling. The FDA...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

FDA Launches Medical Device ID Requirement

On September 24, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a new rule requiring medical devices to bear special ID numbers. The numbers, called Unique Device Identifiers or UDIs, will identify the manufacturer,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Medical Device Postmarket Compliance in the United States

Introduction - Once the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or “the agency”) has cleared or approved a medical device for marketing in the United States, there are still significant postmarketing requirements with...more

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