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Is my Software a Medical Device? Use the Digital Health Policy Navigator

FDA Law Blog

If you are a manufacturer of implants that go into the human body for the treatment of disease, it’s an easy yes that you are a manufacturer of a medical device. It identifies key questions to consider that originate from a variety of FDA guidance documents and aggregates the information into a one-stop shop.

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Wave of Warning Letters to Foreign OTC Drug Manufacturing Facilities Following Remote Records Requests

FDA Law Blog

Cato — On August 3rd, FDA issued 11 warning letters to foreign facilities registered as OTC drug manufacturers. FDA has resumed on-site inspections of foreign facilities focused on current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) but has continued issuing records requests under Section 704(a)(4), which spurred this latest round of warning letters.

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eMDR System Enhancements

FDA Law Blog

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — On March 17, 2023, enhancements to FDA’s electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) system will go live. Manufacturers who submit reports via the FDA Electronic Submissions Gateway are being advised to update their systems by this time.

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Registration and Listing for Cosmetics Required under MOCRA

FDA Law Blog

The information is presented in a Q&A format. Specifically, with some exceptions, parties that own or operate a facility engaged in the manufacturing or processing of a cosmetic product for distribution in the United States must list their facilities. In addition to the mandatory information to be submitted (i.e.,

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Compared to that, our hearing only processes 11 percent of information, while smell 3.5 Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. percent, touch 1.5 percent and taste 1 percent. Don’t you think that’s possible?

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Trading Partners May Exhale: FDA Releases Guidance Exercising a Year-Long Period of Enforcement Discretion Related to DSCSA Enforcement of Certain Provisions

FDA Law Blog

The Guidance specifically states that it is issuing the Guidance – applicable to trading partners including manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, and repackagers – to address industry “readiness” to comply with the DSCSA’s provisions. Drug manufacturers have had electronic systems in place since 2017.

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

FDA Law Blog

is used in a clinical investigation of a drug or biologic under IND and the DHT meets the definition of a significant risk device a submission of an IDE to the FDA is required unless all the information required for the IDE is contained in the IND. smartphones and tablets) for remote data acquisition in a clinical investigation.

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