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By Shawn M. Schmitt 15 Jan 2020
A panel of longtime industry experts offer manufacturers a list of things they should and shouldn’t do when an investigator from the US agency knocks on their facility door. In this first installment of a 10-part series, a procedure for hosting inspections is addressed.
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By Marion Webb 15 Jan 2020
Amy Abernethy, FDA's principal deputy commissioner, sat down with Medtech Insight during CES 2020 to discuss the agency's progress on the Technology Modernization Action Plan, the pre-certification program for digital health products, and the FDA's plans for 2020.
Topic Digital Health FDA
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08 Jan 2020
RTI Surgical, a surgical implants company, hired a global spine president and an original equipment manufacturer products president; Guerbet, a maker of medical-imaging products, promoted its chief commercial officer to CEO; and more.
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By Ferdous Al-Faruque 08 Jan 2020
The US agency says in a 6 January Federal Register notice that it’s keeping its Patient Engagement Advisory Committee in place through October 2021 so it can gather more patient feedback that will come in handy when regulatory decisions need to be made. The committee, formed after the agency made a cultural shift to consider patient input on the types of products it allows on the market, was supposed to expire October 2019.
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By Amanda Maxwell 18 Dec 2019
Medtech industry gets best seasonal gift as Council of EU and European Parliament agree on longer transition period for upclassified Class I medical devices. But how many notified bodies are still auditing products under the medical device directives?
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By Elizabeth Orr 18 Dec 2019
A proposal from the US FDA would end quarterly publication of PMA and Humanitarian Device Exemption verdicts in the Federal Register. The agency says the practice is inefficient and duplicates online publication.
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By Ashley Yeo 11 Dec 2019
The disruptive medtech M&A of recent years was not matched in the past year for volume, but there were isolated outbreaks of major activity, as shown in our company rankings.
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By Amanda Maxwell 11 Dec 2019
Only just over a month ago there were fears that the implementation of the EU Medical Device Regulation was going to be hampered by a lack of expert panel applicants. Now it seems there is no shortage. The news raises lots of questions about when and how the structure will now work.
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06 Dec 2019
Swedish cancer diagnostics firm Biovica International announces a new R&D director; Convergent Dental, a dental equipment company, and XACT Robotics, a robotics system developer, pick sales veeps; and more.
Topic Medtech
Medtech Insight
By Amanda Maxwell 06 Dec 2019
The two-year delay to Eudamed was a Commission decision. Now the competent authorities are fighting back and the issue is to be discussed at the level of the Council of the European Union on December 9 to avoid “heavily burdensome administrative transitional solutions.”
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By Amanda Maxwell 27 Nov 2019
There may have been a significant increase in the amount of regulatory activity at EU level of late, but the medtech industry remains alarmed at the lack of readiness of the system, and calls for an urgent focus on IVDs now too.
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By Ferdous Al-Faruque 27 Nov 2019
As concerns continue to mount over a potential shortage of medical devices due to the closure of ethylene oxide (EtO) facilities, the US agency is looking for nine sterilizers in a pilot project that could allow them to get facility and process changes approved faster.
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By Elizabeth Orr 20 Nov 2019
A newly approved contact lens from CooperVision promises to slow the progression of nearsightedness when prescribed to children aged 8 to 12.
Topic FDA
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By Marion Webb 20 Nov 2019
Sweden's Recipharm has agreed to buy UK-based Consort Medical for £505m ($652m) to become a leading inhalation-device company and top five global CDMO.
Topic Deal trends
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By Sue Darcey 13 Nov 2019
US Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Patty Murray of Washington State recently sent a letter to FDA officials Brett Giroir and Jeff Shuren that raises doubts about a planned bill calling for a progressive approval pathway for medical devices.
Topic FDA Policy and regulation
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