Does Your Supply Chain Challenge the Status Quo?

…to patient. Only 44% of medical device companies have a UDI strategy in place, according to a recent study. Pricing pressures Increasing competition by generic medical devices, combined with the…

…to patient. Only 44% of medical device companies have a UDI strategy in place, according to a recent study. Pricing pressures Increasing competition by generic medical devices, combined with the…

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Joely Gardner, President and CEO, Human Factors Research

Will Your IFU Meet Usability Requirements?

By Joely Gardner

…Industry and FDA Reviewers. Retrieved from www.fda.gov/downloads/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/guidancedocuments/ucm070801.pdf References National Center for Education Statistics, The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. Retrieved from…

…Industry and FDA Reviewers. Retrieved from www.fda.gov/downloads/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/guidancedocuments/ucm070801.pdf References National Center for Education Statistics, The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. Retrieved from…

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MobileODT, Clinician uses device

Mobile Technology Ready to Change Standard of Care in Cervical Cancer Detection

By Maria Fontanazza

…in East Africa. The company is also one of four finalists in the MedTech Innovator 2015 Competition. Selected out of 300 companies, MobileODT and the other finalists had to demonstrate…

…in East Africa. The company is also one of four finalists in the MedTech Innovator 2015 Competition. Selected out of 300 companies, MobileODT and the other finalists had to demonstrate…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

If It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck It’s Probably a Duck

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (August 20, 2015). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations, NCS Pearson. Accessed September 25, 2015. Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2015/ucm463351.htm…

…management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (August 20, 2015). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations, NCS Pearson. Accessed September 25, 2015. Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2015/ucm463351.htm…

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Jon Speer, Greenlight.guru
Soapbox

4 Reasons Your Risk Management Approach is Wrong

By Jon Speer

…save you time in the long run. The risk management documentation actually serves multiple purposes, including: Communicating to your product development team and company management the risks involved with the…

…save you time in the long run. The risk management documentation actually serves multiple purposes, including: Communicating to your product development team and company management the risks involved with the…

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Carl Fischer, FDA, CDRH, Complaints, MedTech Intelligence

What Are Complaints and How Does FDA Handle Them?

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

“Inherently, complaints are just information—they’re pieces of information that come to FDA; they’re pieces of information that come to you as manufacturers,” according to Carl Fischer, Ph.D., director, Division of…

“Inherently, complaints are just information—they’re pieces of information that come to FDA; they’re pieces of information that come to you as manufacturers,” according to Carl Fischer, Ph.D., director, Division of…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

One, Two, Three Strikes Youā€™re Outā€¦Or, Receive a Warning Letter

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…Devine guidance for managing key attributes of a FDA-compliant quality management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (September 9, 2015). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal…

…Devine guidance for managing key attributes of a FDA-compliant quality management system – 21 CFR, Part 820 Compliance. Charleston, SC: Amazon. FDA. (September 9, 2015). Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal…

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Cloud based solutions in the medical device industry

Weighing the Risks and Benefits of the Cloud

By Maria Fontanazza

…the move to cloud-based solutions can be scary. Companies continue to house stacks upon stacks of paper documentation for a variety of reasons—concern of data security, compatibility of cloud-based solutions…

…the move to cloud-based solutions can be scary. Companies continue to house stacks upon stacks of paper documentation for a variety of reasons—concern of data security, compatibility of cloud-based solutions…

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Open Innovation

The Best Pre-Prototype Strategies

By Terri Marion

…the company. Once adopted, open innovation causes organizational boundaries to become permeable and encourage the combining of company resources with external resources. Figure 1. Open Innovation involves the sharing of…

…the company. Once adopted, open innovation causes organizational boundaries to become permeable and encourage the combining of company resources with external resources. Figure 1. Open Innovation involves the sharing of…

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