The U.S. FDA notice regarding device risk classification proposes to eliminate premarket notification requirements for several device types, a welcome development for industry. However, Amanda Johnston, senior attorney at Gardner Law PLLC, of Stillwater, Minn., told BioWorld that there is a question regarding the provenance of the document, as it fails to identify any FDA staff member. In addition, the notice omits several device types that are solid candidates for down-classification.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Motus GI, Sml Genetree.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: HHS examines device classification process at FDA; NIH offers NGS system for SARS-CoV-2; FDA issues pandemic policy for coagulation systems.
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Improving diagnosis of brain diseases; Predicting survival of COVID-19 patients; New causal gene for chronic kidney disease.
Reports of multiple new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have emerged, raising questions about the efficacy of vaccines, but also regarding the utility of diagnostic and other tests. The U.S. FDA’s Tim Stenzel said single-target tests are thus at a greater risk of returning a false negative result, adding that these developers “should consider this carefully” in surveillance of their tests.
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