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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. Their research showed promising results for lab rats, and they plan to carry out the first human trials in the second half of 2017 and gather preliminary results during 2018. How far can you see and hear? What about the smell of the flowers? Globally 1.1

Diabetes 106
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The People Margin

33 Charts

It comes from Automattic engineer Mike Shelton in 2018. I love this concept of the people margin. Data can be precise, specific, absolute and is meant to represent the actions and behaviors of people and things. Yet, people themselves can be imprecise, abstract, non-linear, and unpredictable.

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law

Performance Metric FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 Average Number of FDA Days to MDUFA IV Decision 72.62 By Philip Won & Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — It takes a significant amount of time, cost, and effort to prepare a premarket notification 510(k) submission. But that is only the beginning.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. There is a dearth of Certified Driving Rehab Specialists: 12 for the entire state of Colorado!

Families 101
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Gone in a Puff of Smoke? FDA’s Proposed Rule on Maximum Nicotine Levels

FDA Law

This proposed rule follows FDAs March 2018 advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding a potential maximum nicotine level for cigarettes. FDA provided various ways that the nicotine reduction can be achieved, including tobacco blending, chemical extraction, genetic engineering, and different farming methods.

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Episode 127: WDx special episode with Mel Fellay, Zari Zahra & CPSolvers

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Founded in 2018, Melanie and co-founder and former colleague, Zari Zahra, created Spekit to address the pain points they felt around driving adoption and continuous training that many Enablement and Operations leaders feel as well by bringing the sophistication of a modern digital adoption platform with the simplicity of a contextual knowledge base.