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New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

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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 The draft guidance provides recommendations for collection and reporting of chemical characterization data and discusses the topics of information gathering, test article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.

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We Have an LDT Proposed Rule!

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For more than 30 years, FDA has asserted that it has jurisdiction to regulate LDTs as medical devices and clinical laboratories as manufacturers. Nevertheless, the Agency believes this bifurcated system presents public health risks, and needs to be corrected by bringing LDTs under the FDA’s general IVD regulatory framework.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Less than Meets the Eye: LDT Small Entity Compliance Guide Adds Little Insight

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Laboratories struggling to understand the myriad implications of being regulated as device “manufacturers” were hopeful that additional guidance would shed light on how to apply FDA’s existing medical device regulatory framework to their operations. 803), Reporting of Corrections and Removals (21 C.F.R. § 806) and Complaint Files (21 C.F.R.

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Will We Ever Have Widespread OTC COVID Testing in America?

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The good news is that the NIH’s program is real and has been offering helpful assistance to manufacturers seeking to obtain Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval from FDA for OTC rapid antigen tests. The NIH screens manufacturers to ensure they have reputable tests already in use in other countries with good supporting test data.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

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Alex 00:59 And I met all three of you and watched you do a presentation about psilocybin research at the Congress International Desens Palliative Miguel. Alex 06:03 Is psilocybin that’s used for medicinal purposes in your studies, for example, is that manufactured or is it derived directly from mushrooms?

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Every Claim You Make, Every Step You Take…CVM Will Be Watching You

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Elanco is the manufacturer of recently approved Zenrelia (ilunocitinib tablets) (September 2024), which is indicated for control of pruritus associated with allergic dermatitis and control of atopic dermatitis in dogs at least 12 months of age. Further, information presented on the adverse reaction data was inconsistent with the PI.