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    CDRH to Review Materials Used in Medical Devices

    • 18 March 2019
    Following recent high-profile safety issues related to materials used in implantable and insertable medical devices, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director Jeff Shuren on Friday announced plans to improve the agency’s approach to evaluating material safety and biocompatibility.
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    Behind the Numbers: FDA Offers Budget Specifics, New Proposals

    • 18 March 2019
    Further modernizing generic drug and new drug reviews and development, improving medical device safety and additional efforts to support the opioid crisis will all see additional funding next year, according to the FY 2020 budget justification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
     
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    Industry Calls to Eliminate Tiers in FDA’s Premarket Cybersecurity Guidance

    • 18 March 2019
    GE Healthcare, the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) and industry group AdvaMed are all seeking tweaks to draft guidance on managing cybersecurity in medical device premarket submissions.
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    Recon: Apple Watch Identifies Irregular Heart Beat in Large Study

    • 18 March 2019
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    FDA’s Oncology Clinical Trial Makeover

    • 12 February 2019
    This article provides an overview of new FDA guidances related to oncology drug development and a review of pilot programs aiding faster access to new, innovative treatments without increasing risk to patients.
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    Early FDA Review Finds Increased Mortality for Some Treated With Paclitaxel-Coated Devices

    • 18 March 2019
    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday that a preliminary review of long-term follow-up data has identified a “potentially concerning signal of increased long-term mortality” in study subjects treated for peripheral arterial disease with paclitaxel-coated balloons and paclitaxel-eluting stents when compared to patients treated with uncoated devices.
     
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    Regulatory Explainer: Everything You Need to Know About FDA’s Priority Review Vouchers

    • 18 March 2019
    Since 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a handful of special "priority review" vouchers which allow its recipient to expedite the review of any one of its new drug products. What are these vouchers, why is FDA issuing them and what benefit might they have for society? Find out in our latest Regulatory Explainer on the Priority Review Voucher system.
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    CDRH Program Seeks to Resolve 510(k) Issues in New Way

    • 15 March 2019
    A quietly-launched pilot at the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) was implemented last Monday to evaluate a new approach to resolving issues in 510(k) submissions.
     
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    EC Details Plan for Eudamed and Medical Device Nomenclature System

    • 15 March 2019
    The European Commission (EC) issued long-awaited documents on two essential actions to implement the EU’s medical device and in vitro diagnostic regulations (MDR/IVDR), namely the high-level functional specifications for Eudamed and its final assessment on the future nomenclature for the database.
     
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    EMA Begins Review of Screening Patients Before Fluorouracil

    • 15 March 2019
    The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday initiated a review of existing screening methods and their value in identifying patients at increased risk of severe side effects when taking medicines containing fluorouracil (also known as 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU) and the related medicines capecitabine, tegafur and flucytosine, which are converted to fluorouracil in the body.
     
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    CDER Looks Ahead at Real World Evidence

    • 15 March 2019
    The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) on Friday held a webinar reviewing the agency’s real-world evidence (RWE) framework, which deals primarily in the postmarket space for drugs and biologics.
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    Harvard to Offer Free Online Course on Pharma Controversies

    • 15 March 2019
    Beginning 26 March, three instructors at Harvard Medical School will begin offering a new free online course on controversial topics related to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), drug prices, off-label marketing and other programs like the priority review voucher and Orphan Drug Act.
     

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