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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want to: A Bittersweet Happy 30th Birthday to LDTs

FDA Law Blog

Thirty years ago today, FDA announced that it had the authority to regulate you. Food and Drug Administration, Compliance Policy Guide, Commercialization of Unapproved In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Labeled for Research and Investigation (Aug. By Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Allyson B. Mullen — Happy Birthday Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs).

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Considerations for Mobile Health Technology Developers: Part 1

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The FDA’s General Approach to Regulating mHealth Products. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation as a medical device. Determining whether a product is a medical device subject to FDA regulation necessarily begins with understanding the FDA regulatory definition of ‘medical device’. not a medical device, ii.

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US FDA Medical Device Applications

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As per Section 201(h)(1) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a device is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, […] The post US FDA Medical Device Applications appeared first on ProRelix Research.

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

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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Monkeypox Test Kit in Development by Becton Dickinson in Partnership with CerTest Biotec

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CerTest Biotec specializes in the development and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and has expertise in the detection of human diseases. In a joint press release , the companies said the aim of the partnership is to design a diagnostic test that can help advance understanding of the global spread of the disease.

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Top 30 New Medical Devices of 2024

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The tricuspid valve, one of the heart’s four valves, regulates blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle, preventing backflow between these chambers. In this blog, we discuss some of these new medical devices of 2024 that have improved patient outcomes and enhanced quality of life worldwide.

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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

FDA , the Court of Appeals ruled that FDA cannot regulate a medical product – in this case, the radiographic contrast agent barium sulfate – as a drug when the product meets the definition of a device. The decision has wide-ranging implications for FDA’s assertion of discretion in classifying and regulating medical products.