The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, FDA, HHS, NICE, Stericycle Expert Solutions.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biomark, Cassiopea, Galecto, Glaxosmithkline, Laurent, Rocket, Sirtex, Taysha Gene Therapies.
The U.S. FDA has given the green light to a new type of treatment to help smokers quit, clearing the way for the first time the use of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (Deep TMS) for short-term smoking cessation in adults.
Regenerative therapies startup Jointechlabs Inc. has won the U.S. FDA’s nod for its MiniTC point-of-care fat tissue processing device. The 510(k)-cleared product is designed to extract microfat for use in grafts for a variety of indications, including medical aesthetics, plastic surgery, orthobiologics and wound healing.
A number of controversies have swirled around the U.S. FDA’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the question of the emergency use authorization (EUA) program for testing. The FDA’s Tim Stenzel said on an Aug. 26 testing town hall that he would not answer questions about the rescission order for FDA regulation of lab-developed tests (LDTs), but also said, “we are simply overwhelmed” with EUA filings for testing.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Fluidigm, Inova, Jointechlabs, Natera, Surgentec.
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