News

Search:
 Search

Latest News | 17 May 2013

FDA Finalizes Guidance on Priority Review Process for Medical Devices

0 Likes

Capping off a week of several long-awaited guidance documents, the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has released yet another guidance document, Read More...


Latest News | 17 May 2013

Pharmaceutical Industry to FDA: Build Flexibility into GAIN Act

0 Likes

When legislators passed a sprawling piece of legislation known as the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), they considered a huge range of problems facing both the US Food Read More...


Latest News | 17 May 2013

FDA Data Show the Worst is Over for 510(k), PMA Submissions

0 Likes

The medical device industry has long complained that the process of obtaining regulatory approval for its devices has become increasingly difficult over the course of the last decade. But in a Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

Janssen's Simponi Wins New Indication for Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

0 Likes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of additional indications for Simponi (golimumab), a drug manufactured by Janssen Biotech intended to treat adults with moderate to Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

Is FDA Approving Too Many Drugs Starting with 'X' and 'Z'?

0 Likes

Regulators with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had a few things to clarify with industry and medical practitioners in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.Namely: No, Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

Adverse Event Database Identifies Two Drugs as Having Potential Safety, Efficacy Issues

0 Likes

A just-released update of the US Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) indicates that two drugs, metroprolol succinate extended release and serotonin-3 receptor Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

Long-Awaited Guidance on CDRH's Appeals Process Released, Alleviating Some Industry Concerns

0 Likes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two long-awaited guidance documents regarding the appeals process to be used by medical device manufacturers that have received a rejection by Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

Smart Pills, Smarter Regulation: FDA's Proposal to Simplify one Device's Path to Market

0 Likes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that ingestible medical devices be classified as Class II (moderate risk) medical devices subject to the 510(k) premarket notification process Read More...


Latest News | 16 May 2013

FDA Provides Guidance on Use of Electronic Health Data, Pooled Data in Postmarketing Studies

0 Likes

A new guidance document released by US federal regulators aims to establish best practices for conducting and reporting pharmacoepidemiologic safety studies that are conducted using electronic Read More...


Latest News | 15 May 2013

New Brain Hemorrhage Treatment Intended as Improvement Over Existing Risky One

0 Likes

Regulators with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday the approval of Arbor Pharmaceuticals' drug Nymalize (nimodipine), a drug intended to treat brain hemorrhaging in Read More...


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 104
RF Today is Regulatory Focus' daily news brief. Each edition contains the top global regulatory news stories about pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology and more. Learn more


New Regulatory Focus Apps for iPad and iPhone