Remove Clinic Remove Engineering Remove Manufacturing Remove Medical
article thumbnail

FDA Releases Final Guidance on Use of Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As an end of the year gift, FDA finalized its guidance document, Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations , in late December. By Adrienne R.

Clinic 105
article thumbnail

The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field. 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. The work is still early-stage, Taylor emphasises.

Diabetes 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

So Much More than Just Paperwork – The Importance of Design Controls for Device Start-ups

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — For medical device start-up companies, understanding and successfully navigating applicable FDA regulations and requirements is an important part of the path to market. Part 814), and for conducting clinical trials (21 C.F.R. Part 821), medical device reporting (21 C.F.R.

article thumbnail

The New FDA Draft Human Factors Guidance: A Bridge Too Far

FDA Law Blog

In 2016 , the agency issued its definitive HF guidance, guide manufacturers through human factors engineering processes during the development of new medical devices, focusing specifically on the user interface. Consider this scenario: A manufacturer files a 510(k) for a Class II device, a surgical mask.

article thumbnail

FDA Issues “Cliffs Notes”-style Guidance on Cell and Gene Therapy; What CMC Questions Did They Answer? (Part 2)

FDA Law Blog

In this post we focus in on the draft guidance documents chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC)-specific content. In general, a greater understanding and knowledge of the product and manufacturing process can reduce the number of PPQ lots that should be sufficient to qualify the performance of the manufacturing process.

article thumbnail

FDA’s New Draft Guidance on 510(k) Implant Devices: What You Need to Know

FDA Law Blog

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. We find that this information is noteworthy for manufacturers to consider.

article thumbnail

Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Lastly, I also just want to give a shout out to the last article above which also includes this lovely checklist of methods to address hearing loss in clinical encounters. I’m guessing not. Transcript.

IT 102