Trump Planning to Fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

…Makary, along with Oz and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, as “friends” who stayed in each other’s homes and vacationed together, in a Fox News interview last year….

…Makary, along with Oz and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, as “friends” who stayed in each other’s homes and vacationed together, in a Fox News interview last year….

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Beyond Reporting: Realizing Continuous Safety Surveillance for Medical Devices

By Jonathan Messer

…Surveillance Requirements) (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2024 came into force 16 June 2025. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-guidance-on-new-medical-devices-post-market-surveillance-requirements; Medical devices: post-market surveillance requirements: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medical-devices-post-market-surveillance-requirements [6] US FDA, Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) Final Rule,…

…Surveillance Requirements) (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2024 came into force 16 June 2025. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-guidance-on-new-medical-devices-post-market-surveillance-requirements; Medical devices: post-market surveillance requirements: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medical-devices-post-market-surveillance-requirements [6] US FDA, Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) Final Rule,…

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Stryker Cyber Attack Being Reported as Iranian War Retaliation

According to multiple news agencies worldwide, a pro-Iranian cyber group, Handala, has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on medical device giant, Stryker. The attack resulted with thousands of employees…

According to multiple news agencies worldwide, a pro-Iranian cyber group, Handala, has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on medical device giant, Stryker. The attack resulted with thousands of employees…

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MTI Regulatory Roundup: global medical device regulatory update

By MedTech Intelligence Staff, Randy Knotts

MTI roundup of global medical device regulatory news EU Commission Updates EU MDCG 2025-10 Guidance on Post-Market Surveillance (2025) The EU MDCG 2025-10 Guidance on Post-Market Surveillance of Medical Devices…

MTI roundup of global medical device regulatory news EU Commission Updates EU MDCG 2025-10 Guidance on Post-Market Surveillance (2025) The EU MDCG 2025-10 Guidance on Post-Market Surveillance of Medical Devices…

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Navigating U.S.-EU Medical Device Regulation: Innovative Strategies for Global Compliance

By Holger Wagner

…Speech at RAPS Annual Conference. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. Link: https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/3/makary-calls-for-regulatory-harmonization-at-raps-2023 [5] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (1978). Quality System Regulation. Link: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=820 [6] IMDRF. (2024). Harmonization Cost Analysis. Link:…

…Speech at RAPS Annual Conference. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. Link: https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/3/makary-calls-for-regulatory-harmonization-at-raps-2023 [5] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (1978). Quality System Regulation. Link: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=820 [6] IMDRF. (2024). Harmonization Cost Analysis. Link:…

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Labcorp Launches First FDA-Cleared Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease 

…Centers (PSCs) nationwide. The FDA-cleared test builds on and replaces a similar pTau-217/Beta Amyloid 42 Ratio test that the company launched in April 2025. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/labcorp-launches-first-fda-cleared-blood-test-for-alzheimers-disease-302531885.html…

…Centers (PSCs) nationwide. The FDA-cleared test builds on and replaces a similar pTau-217/Beta Amyloid 42 Ratio test that the company launched in April 2025. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/labcorp-launches-first-fda-cleared-blood-test-for-alzheimers-disease-302531885.html…

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FDA’s Revolving Door? The Agency moves to rehire CDRH staffers fired days earlier

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

The Associated Press reported barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back….

The Associated Press reported barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back….

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Sweeping FDA Cuts Hit CDRH Staffer’s Inboxes

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

…emails on Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated. CBS News obtained a letter that outlined the reasons that staff at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

…emails on Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated. CBS News obtained a letter that outlined the reasons that staff at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

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Sustainable from Start to Finish

By Dr. Max Rehberger

…(NHS), for example, will only purchase sustainable medical products from 2030 onwards.[4] [1] https://www.bafa.de/DE/Lieferketten/Multilinguales_Angebot/multilinguales_angebot_node.html [2] https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/einblick/single/news/gruene-endoskopie-am-ukw/ [3] Scope 1: Emissions that arise directly from the company’s activities. Scope 2: Emissions…

…(NHS), for example, will only purchase sustainable medical products from 2030 onwards.[4] [1] https://www.bafa.de/DE/Lieferketten/Multilinguales_Angebot/multilinguales_angebot_node.html [2] https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/einblick/single/news/gruene-endoskopie-am-ukw/ [3] Scope 1: Emissions that arise directly from the company’s activities. Scope 2: Emissions…

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