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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. Although mHealth has been gaining in popularity for at least the past decade, before commercializing their mHealth products, developers must determine whether the product is subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation as a medical device.

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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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It’s All So Simple Now: The First Traditional Marketing Authorization for a Non-PCR Based Test to Detect SARS-CoV-2

FDA Law Blog

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — On March 8th FDA granted Quidel’s Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA and Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA Control Swab Set. The authorization of this De Novo, with a formal classification of Class II, now opens the door for follow-up 510(k) submissions that declare this product as their predicate.

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WHO Information Notice for IVD Users

The Pharma Data

. Product type: Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2. Purpose of this notice : To ensure users of certain nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies are aware of certain aspects of the instructions for use (IFU) for all products.

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Expert view: What’s next for cell and gene therapy?

Drug Discovery World

The deeper the understanding of product and process from a characterisation standpoint, the smoother the regulatory conversations and development pathway will be.” What are the global innovations in cell and gene therapy? What opportunities and challenges are emerging and can therapies get to market faster? DDW’s Megan Thomas finds out.

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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want to: A Bittersweet Happy 30th Birthday to LDTs

FDA Law Blog

Thirty years ago today, FDA announced that it had the authority to regulate you. Not yet understanding how important you’d become, you entered the regulatory world without a name – the Agency simply referred to you as “home brew” products. Mullen — Happy Birthday Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). 92P-0405 (Aug.

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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.