Remove Electronics Remove Manufacturing Remove Provider Remove Specialization
article thumbnail

The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change , as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives. The situation today is as follows: One company manufactures software for the radiology department which use a certain format of AI in their daily work.

article thumbnail

The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Researchers say that the implant cannot provide any highly detailed vision – but it can help patients detect distinct patterns such as door frames and shapes. The journal Nature provided a commentary report on HKUST’s research into the bionic eye. The paper, recently published in PLOS , summarises three years of data.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

FDA Law Blog

Chemical characterization can also be useful in evaluating a change to the materials or manufacturing of a device. The draft guidance provides recommendations for collection and reporting of chemical characterization data and discusses the topics of information gathering, test article extraction, chemical analysis, and data reporting.

article thumbnail

(Slightly More) Options for cGMP for Combination Products: FDA Describes Alternative or Streamlined Mechanisms for Compliance

FDA Law Blog

Brevig, Senior Regulatory Device and Biologics Exper — FDA recently published Alternative or Streamlined Mechanisms for Complying with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Combination Products; List under the 21st Century Cures Act in the Federal Register (FR Notice). By way of background, 21 C.F.R. § 21 C.F.R. §

article thumbnail

I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 2)

FDA Law Blog

We are providing a post in three parts on cyclic and on-site inspections in which we focus on the background of inspections, how investigators conduct them, and how registrants should proactively prepare for and manage them. The policies and procedures should include a section on how the registrant handles DEA inspections.

article thumbnail

I Hear You Knockin’… Preparing for and Managing DEA Inspections (Part 2)

FDA Law Blog

We are providing a post in three parts on cyclic and on-site inspections in which we focus on the background of inspections, how investigators conduct them, and how registrants should proactively prepare for and manage them. The policies and procedures should include a section on how the registrant handles DEA inspections.

article thumbnail

CMS Finalizes Guidance on Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”). CMS will send the final manufacturer invoice for discount liabilities accrued by then on April 30, 2028.