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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. Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device.

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

FDA Law Blog

Understanding the Traditional 510(k) Review Timeline There are three types of Premarket Notification 510(k)s: Traditional , Special , and Abbreviated. Performance Metric FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 Average Number of FDA Days to MDUFA IV Decision 72.62 Average Number of Industry Days to MDUFA IV Decision 54.69

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

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

Medical Xpress

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. But what happens inside the SCN after receiving this light signal has remained largely mysterious—until now.

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Do You Hear What I Hear? One Year of OTC Hearing Aids

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz & Philip Won — The first anniversary is always special. Following this, in June 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) made a similar recommendation of creating a new category of OTC “wearable hearing devices.” By Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Sara W. However, FDA missed that deadline.