• 2021-06-25 12:45:15

According to FDA Modernization Act, FDA publishes a series of recognized consensus standards modifications. FDA believes these modifications are closer to modern requirements for medical devices to ensure public benefit improvement. The medical device manufacturers should notice the standards change to avoid the FDA challenge.

• 2021-05-22 03:37:21

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new policy in the Federal Register, to modify identifications of medical software in classification regulations. There are some software functions that would no longer be regulated by the FDA. The new policy is effective immediately from the date of publication.

• 2021-04-26 02:48:33

In order to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices, the FDA has the Post-Approval Studies Program for 3 kinds of applications. There are Premarket Approval (PMA), Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE), and Product Development Protocol (PDP). Applicants for these categories should follow the conditions from Post-approval studies to maintain product legality.

• 2021-04-26 02:44:41

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has established an internal tracking system for 522 postmarket surveillance studies, where each product applicant can view the status and timeline of their products when the FDA requires the 522 postmarket surveillance study.

• 2021-02-22 02:47:33

Recently the FDA has introduced 5 types of medical devices which can be submitted for evaluation using the latest Safety and Performance Based Pathway. With that, official guidance documents on performance criteria for these devices finally have been issued.

• 2020-09-15 09:09:58

After a lengthy discussion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final determination of the exempt list for the premarket notification (510 k). The exemption list is immediately in effect after July 22nd, 2020. We summarize the Agency's final determination information from the FDA for you.

• 2020-06-16 05:19:05

To ensure the safety and efficiency of adopting human factors/usability engineering evaluation while manufacturer developing medical devices, this guidance provided an overall concept and guide, including product design, development, registration, and post-market related matters.

• 2020-06-11 10:06:42

PFDA issues FDA Circular No. 2020-016 to remind public that online sale of approved COVID-19 test kits is prohibited. Furthermore, the kits are for medical professional use only. PFDA urges law enforcement as well as the public to be vigilant regarding COVID-19 test kits in the market.

• 2019-12-18 09:20:34

We are happy to announce the opening of our Qualtech USA (QTU) office. The office is located in South Pasadena, California.

• 2020-02-12 14:01:43

In early November, CMDE has published a draft guideline for the reprocessing validation and labeling for reusable medical devices: Part 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines") which solicited opinions from the public.