The U.S. FDA’s April 4, 2025, warning letter to ICU Medical Inc. cited the company for failure to file a new 510(k) for changes to software used in an infusion pump, but those changes may have been driven by problems with the pumps the company acquired when it picked up Smiths Medical in 2022. The FDA also issued a warning letter to Epicare Acquisitions LLC related to its Zenith family of laser hair removal systems.

As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agencies begin weeding out old regulations, the department is requesting public input to help identify and eliminate outdated or unnecessary regulations.

Device makers may find it difficult to avoid running afoul of the Anti-Kickback Statute, but a recent case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit suggests that the statutory definition of a referral is not set in stone.

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) endorsed the use of the Orbit system by Mindtech Ltd. as a treatment for tics and Tourette syndrome.

The U.S. FDA typically announces its inspections at facilities located outside the U.S. – a courtesy not extended to domestic manufacturing sites. This is about to change per an agency press release quoting commissioner Marty Makary as describing the disparate treatment as a double standard.

The U.S. FDA’s decision to phase out animal testing for INDs is driving a new market of alternative, nonanimal testing technologies like organoids and organs-on-a-chip, speakers at Bio Korea 2025 said.

Planting seed money and “wishing” is not enough to claim “irreparable harm” to secure a preliminary injunction or to establish the standing required to appeal a patent board decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled May 7 in two decisions involving Incyte Corp. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The recent 510(k) clearance by the U.S. FDA for a core part of Precision Neuroscience Corp. brain-computer interface technology is certainly a boon for the company, and others developing the devices. For the millions of people suffering from health disorders, such as motor neuron disease, spinal cord injury or severe stroke, its sign that a solution which could transform their lives could be just a few years away.

The U.S. FDA in 2018 granted the de novo petition by Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. for the company’s DNA test for evaluation of residual hematological malignancies, but waited until March 8, 2025, to post notice of the attendant regulation.

Legislators in Washington again are considering a pair of bills that would affect how patents are obtained and sustained including the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025. This would constitute a big win for companies in the life sciences thanks to provisions that clarify just what is and is not eligible for patent protection.