Regulatory reform of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDT) has been a long time in the making, but lawmakers and industry groups alike are debating to what degree of oversight is appropriate. Legislation called the VALID (Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development)...
Human Factors Engineering is a crucial part of ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. Human factors testing is valuable when designing device/user interfaces. To help manufacturers understand the extent of human factors (HF) information required in...
Makers of medical devices will have to submit 510(k)s to the Food and Drug Administration electronically beginning in October 2023, a new guidance document from the U.S. agency says. Through the 16-page guidance dated Sept. 22, manufacturers are being forcibly nudged...
Manufacturers have been given direction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on how they can best comply with the agency’s current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements for combination drug/device products. In a Final Notice published in the Federal...
Manufacturers would apply a risk-based approach to validating software used in quality systems and the production of medical devices under a new proposed guidance document from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dated Sept. 13, the 25-page draft doc,...
