The guidance defines remanufacturing, includes relevant considerations to determine if activities are remanufacturing, and provides recommended labeling information to ensure serviced devices are returned to their established performance and safety specification.
Regulatory excellence is now considered a pathway to innovation and sustained business growth, making it a fundamental component of success in the medical devices industry. MedTech manufacturers are fostering a culture of regulatory excellence to enhance compliance with regulatory requirements and ensure product safety, efficacy, and quality in the global marketplace.
The Investigational New Drug (IND) application and the New Drug Application (NDA) stages are critical milestones in drug development, but they are different applications. Developers and sponsors must understand which application requires which data and when. Here we highlight strategies, hurdles and data required for successful drug development from IND to NDA.
Software validation is a critical tool used to assure the quality of device software and software automated operations, including labeling. Software validation can increase the usability and reliability of the device and label, resulting in decreased failure rates, fewer recalls and corrective actions, less risk to patients and users, and reduced liability to device manufacturers.
Ensuring the safety and efficacy of healthcare products is of utmost importance. The clinical evaluation process of medical devices is vital for demonstrating the device’s safety and performance in accordance with the regulatory requirements. How are device makers navigating this complex process effectively.
The call for abstracts for the MTI Regulatory Intelligence and Networking Summit is now open. The Summit, which will be held June 3-5, 2024, Washington, DC, offers education and discussion for the Medtech community as it works to develop processes, procedures and solutions to streamline global and product lifecycle regulatory compliance.
Karandeep Badwal, consultant and president of QRA Medical, discusses the change in focus from EU MDD to EU MDR, and how companies will need to adapt to meet new reporting requirements and maintain compliance in the European market.
For life sciences companies seeking to develop, deploy and successfully commercialize digital health products and solutions, the pathway to success can have many twists, turns and roadblocks. This article examines some of the major challenges to bringing digital health products to market and explores potential opportunities to ease the journey.
The recently announced “Refuse to Accept Policy” signed into law under section 524B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) gives the FDA more traction to encourage the medical device manufacturing industry to utilize software bills of materials that help to incorporate supply chain security. The ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards defines a secure product lifecycle process that can be adopted by medical device manufacturers to identify and manage the security risks of all external components used within the product.
The regulatory landscape for medical devices is rapidly evolving, catapulted most recently by European Union Medical Device Regulations (EU MDR). In this article, Monali Bhansali, Practice Lead of Regulatory Affairs at Tata Elxsi, highlights challenges and advancements in the MedTech regulatory landscape, and what the future has in store.