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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

billion people were living with vision loss in 2020, and it is forecasted to reach 1.7 Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. Experts even say the eye is an ideal place to start for the first clinical use of CRISPR. Globally 1.1 billion without serious interventions and investments by 2050.

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Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling and Simulation in Medical Device Submissions

FDA Law Blog

NIH, Computational Modeling (May 2020). In Silico Clinical Trials, where “device performance is evaluated using a ‘virtual cohort’ of simulated patients with realistic anatomical and physiological variability representing the indicated patient population.”. Similar techniques can be used to model complex biological systems.

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

FDA Law Blog

Performance Metric FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 Average Number of FDA Days to MDUFA IV Decision 72.62 Team meetings with subject matter experts can be scheduled to discuss response strategies for deficiencies that require extensive clinical, scientific, or engineering input. 510(k) Time to MDUFA IV Decision.

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Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling and Simulation in Medical Device Submissions

FDA Law Blog

NIH, Computational Modeling (May 2020). In Silico Clinical Trials, where “device performance is evaluated using a ‘virtual cohort’ of simulated patients with realistic anatomical and physiological variability representing the indicated patient population.”. Similar techniques can be used to model complex biological systems.

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Episode 188: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 10 – Counterspaces in Medicine: Creating Safe Spaces and Redefining Value

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Uché Blackstock shared an example of how she experienced a tension between a scarcity mindset and an abundance mindset when deciding whether to continue part-time clinical work or to devote full-time effort to the organization she founded. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. 2020, January 08).

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

The goal is to support clinical trials and bring in another $50 million in private investment to help ibogaine win approval from the U.S. Other states like Oregon and Colorado have already launched legal clinics using psilocybin, the compound found in mushrooms, The Times reported. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

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