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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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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. The decision has wide-ranging implications for FDA’s assertion of discretion in classifying and regulating medical products.

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Considerations for Mobile Health Technology Developers: Part 1

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The FDA’s General Approach to Regulating mHealth Products. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation as a medical device. Determining whether a product is a medical device subject to FDA regulation necessarily begins with understanding the FDA regulatory definition of ‘medical device’. not a medical device, ii.

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

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. 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 ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law Blog

The amended regulation would read as follows (revisions underlined): In vitro diagnostic products are those reagents, instruments, and systems intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, including a determination of the state of health, in order to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease or its sequelae.