The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System final rule requires all medical devices to bear a unique numeric or alphanumeric code in easily readable plain-text and machine-readable form. Such codes need to be placed on device labels and packages to allow devices to be easily identified …
On March 8th FDA granted Quidel’s De Novo for the Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA and Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA Control Swab Set. This announcement is the first traditional marketing authorization for a non-PCR based test to detect SARS-CoV-2. The authorization of this De …
In our previous blog post, we provided a flowchart for the Digital Health Policy Navigator’s process so that our blog readers can quickly review the seven steps in determining whether their product’s software functions may be potentially the focus of FDA oversight. Two days after …
With the explosion of health‑related software, many software developers are generating products with functionality that is subject to regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If you are a manufacturer of implants that go into the human body for the treatment of disease, it’s …
On September 28, 2022, the FDA issued the long anticipated final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance (CDS Guidance), which replaces the revised draft guidance document from 2019. The CDS Guidance interprets the “medical software” carve-out of the 21st Century Cures Act (2016) as it pertains …
Similar to what was done with COVID-19, the National Institute for Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative has established a Monkeypox Independent Test Assessment Program (ITAP) and it currently accepting new proposals on a rolling basis to address the outbreak. The program began …
We are almost three years into the public health emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and still only have 19 rapid antigen tests authorized for at-home use in the United States. The primary barrier to bringing new antigen tests to market has been …
All companies dread the logistics, cost, and reputational harm associated with conducting a recall when necessary to remove or correct products in the field. But the more prepared a company is for a potential recall, the less pressure it will feel when a situation necessitates …
Sixteen years after the publication of the Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices issued May 11, 2005, FDA issued a new draft guidance document on November 4, 2021 that describes the recommended documentation that a sponsor should include …
