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US FDA Medical Device Applications

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As per Section 201(h)(1) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a device is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, […] The post US FDA Medical Device Applications appeared first on ProRelix Research.

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Considerations for Mobile Health Technology Developers: Part 1

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation as a medical device. In Part 1 of this series, general wellness devices and mobile medical applications (MMAs) will be considered. Part 2 of this series will be devoted to clinical decision support (CDS) software. The FDA’s General Approach to Regulating mHealth Products.

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Big Win for HP&M Client: Court of Appeals Tells FDA to Regulate Barium Sulfate As a Device

FDA Law Blog

FDA , the Court of Appeals ruled that FDA cannot regulate a medical product – in this case, the radiographic contrast agent barium sulfate – as a drug when the product meets the definition of a device. Circuit rejected FDA’s claim that it could regulate, at its discretion, any medical device as a drug. Add one more to that tally.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ).

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law Blog

The crux of the proposed rule lies in the addition of ten words: “ including when the manufacturer of these products is a laboratory.” These words would be added to the definition of “ in vitro diagnostic [IVD] products” in 21 C.F.R. There is much to unpack, and we intend to do so in a series of blog posts.