The Obama administration wants countries negotiating the Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement to harmonize their Unique Device Indicator (UDI) systems to track medical devices and align drug review application formats as part of negotiations on the pact, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, according to leaked negotiation documents released by the non-profit advocacy group Public Citizen.
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Medical Devices
October 24, 2011 |
Daily News
October 21, 2011 |
Daily News
Pediatric advocates are concerned a new GOP bill that would expand profit eligibility to include adult-only humanitarian use devices would negate the pediatric incentives that spurred an increase in the development of medical devices for children, they say in a letter to House lawmakers Thursday (Oct. 20). Rare disease advocates and the device industry, meanwhile, are supporting the legislation.
October 14, 2011 |
Daily News
House Republicans -- primarily on the Energy and Commerce Committee -- introduced 10 bills Friday (Oct. 14) to revamp FDA, including legislation to change the agency's mission to add facilitation of innovation, amend FDA advisory committee conflict-of-interest rules, mandate FDA harmonize requirements with some international regulators, encourage utilization of third-party device reviews, thwart FDA review of laboratory-developed tests, and allow device manufacturers to use the de novo review process for novel devices without filing 510(k) clearance applications first.
October 07, 2011 |
Daily News
FDA and some medical device companies are grappling with whether safety improvements to marketed products require a recall of devices already distributed or even a new 510(k) clearance application, with the agency developing guidance and other procedures on how to assess changes and action required of the manufacturer, industry and FDA sources said recently.
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