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Top 30 New Medical Devices of 2024

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TriClip G4 System Manufacturer/developer : Abbott Medical Date of FDA approval : April 1, 2024 Approved for : Tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Abbott Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Systems Manufacturer/developer : Abbott Medical Date of FDA approval : May 30, 2024 Approved for : Chronic, hard-to-manage pain in the torso, arms and legs.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

Regulating LDTs: A Long and Winding Road In what might sound to some like protesting too much, the PR invokes FDA’s longstanding assertion that IVDs “manufactured” by laboratories are medical devices and that clinical laboratories that develop tests are acting as manufacturers.

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Roche donates additional medicines and diagnostics for Ukraine

The Pharma Data

We are also donating reagents and consumables for automatic testing of up to 120,000 blood donations and 31,000 units for diabetes management. This latest donation demonstrates our commitment to meeting the need for Roche medicines and diagnostics in Ukraine whenever possible. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan.

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WHO Information Notice for IVD Users

The Pharma Data

Description of the problem : WHO has received user feedback on an elevated risk for false SARS-CoV-2 results when testing specimens using RT-PCR reagents on open systems. . Manufacturers regularly review the design of their product, including labelling and IFU based on customer feedback.

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FDA Redux? CDRH Policy and EUA Templates for Monkeypox Tests Following Public Health Emergency Declaration Mirror FDA’s COVID-19 Approach

FDA Law Blog

The monkeypox test policy describes how FDA will prioritize review of EUA requests for monkeypox tests, stating that FDA intends to focus on requests for high-throughput tests, tests with home specimen collection, or rapid diagnostic tests, all from experienced developers with high manufacturing capacity.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law Blog

The crux of the proposed rule lies in the addition of ten words: “ including when the manufacturer of these products is a laboratory.” These words would be added to the definition of “ in vitro diagnostic [IVD] products” in 21 C.F.R. There is much to unpack, and we intend to do so in a series of blog posts.

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Big Win for HP&M Client: Court of Appeals Tells FDA to Regulate Barium Sulfate As a Device

FDA Law Blog

The Court decision limiting FDA’s discretion provides regulatory certainty for device manufacturers, as the claimed discretion, if recognized by the Court, would have meant that any medical device potentially could be classified and regulated as a drug. We have blogged recently about several FDA setbacks in court ( here , for example).