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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. How far can you see and hear? When it comes to vision, it’s around 50 miles, talking about hearing, it’s only 1-2 miles at best! What about the smell of the flowers? Without the wind blowing, only 10-20 metres. How about touching or tasting? Globally 1.1

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

FDA Law Blog

For PMA devices, the marketing application contains quality system and manufacturing information, so getting started on the quality system in parallel to device development is important for a timely submission. Part 830), post-market surveillance studies (Section 522 of the FD&C Act), medical device tracking (21 C.F.R.

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OTAT Town Hall on Cell Therapy CMC – The Recording is Available but Here’s an Appetizer

FDA Law Blog

Brevig, Senior Regulatory Device and Biologics Expert — On December 7, 2022, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) held a town hall to answer questions related to cell therapy and tissue-engineered products chemistry, manufacturing, and contr­­ols (CMC).

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

FDA Law Blog

Drug or biologic sponsors should engage with manufacturers of DHTs to ensure appropriate evidence has been established for the DHTs before use in a clinical study. By Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. investigational device as defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 812, the requirements under 21 C.F.R.

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HP&M Welcomes Senior FDA Official, Ana Loloei, to the Firm

FDA Law Blog

Prior to entering the legal field, she served as a biomedical/electrical engineer at an engineering firm involved in the design and development of radio frequency (RF) distribution systems from initial market and data preparation through testing and troubleshooting of these products. “I Gibbs , HP&M Director.

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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. Now FDA has issued a draft guidance , Content of Human Factors Information in Medical Device Marketing Submissions (Dec.

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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.