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Latest News | 14 February 2013

FDA Approves 'World's First Bionic Eye'

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of a new medical device intended to treat a rare disease population through the use of a retinal implant.FDA ApprovalThe device, Read More...


Latest News Regulatory Update | 6 February 2013

TGA Clarifies Evidence Needed for Joint Replacement Reclassification

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Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued guidance regarding the types of evidence that must be submitted by companies to meet the conformity assessment requirements for the Read More...


Latest News | 17 January 2013

PMA Application to be Required for Controversial Hip Devices, Says FDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule that would classify all hip joint metal-on-metal semi-constrained prosthesis with either cemented or un-cemented acetabular components Read More...


Latest News | 19 June 2012

New Draft Guidance Establishes Special Controls for Blood Access Devices

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to reclassify and implement new special controls for blood access devices used in hemodialysis.In a 19 June 2012 Federal Register posting, FDA announced Read More...


Latest News | 15 May 2012

MHRA Working to 'Quickly Implement' Recommendations from Commission

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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it is moving to act on recommendations made by a Commission in the aftermath of a scandal involving breast implant products made Read More...


Latest News | 14 May 2012

UK Publishes Review of PIP Breast Implant Scandal, Calls for Improvements

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The UK’s Department of Health (DOH) has released the result of a review into the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) Scandal, finding the Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to have Read More...


Latest News | 27 April 2012

EU Looks to Tighten Medical Device Safety With Implant Registry

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The European Parliament is actively looking to pass legislation that would make it easier for regulatory authorities to track both medical devices and patients implanted with medical devices, reports Read More...


Regulatory Update | 11 April 2012

Brazil: New Brazilian Standards For Breast Implants

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The new Conformity Assessment standards for silicone in breast implants were released on 9 April by the Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro).The standards permit Read More...


Latest News | 23 March 2012

Brazil's Anvisa Introduces Additional Controls on Breast Implant Products

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Brazilian regulatory authority Anvisa this week became the latest health regulator to exercise greater enforcement controls over the sale and testing of breast implant products in the wake of a global Read More...


Latest News | 23 March 2012

NYTimes: J&J Privately Jettisoned Hip Implant Line After FDA Raised Questions

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Life science manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) worked to privately phase out a now-controversial metal-on-metal hip implant product in 2009 after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contacted Read More...


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