• 2024-12-16 09:17:34

The updated Therapeutic Goods regulations in Australia, effective October 19, 2024, introduce streamlined documentation for medical devices assessed by the US FDA. By aligning with international standards, the changes simplify compliance for Class IIa and Class III devices, reducing burdens while ensuring safety and quality, offering manufacturers faster market access.

• 2024-10-10 08:07:48

The FDA launched the Voluntary Malfunction Summary Reporting (VMSR) program in 2018 to streamline the malfunction reporting process for medical device manufacturers. This initiative enhances the FDA's capacity to effectively monitor a diverse array of devices.

• 2024-09-17 02:22:43

The Thai FDA has announced significant regulatory changes to accelerate the approval process for medical device manufacturing and importation. Effective June 6, 2024, these changes aim to reduce redundancy in documentation without compromising product safety or quality. This streamlined approach is expected to foster innovation, attract foreign investment, and enhance Thailand's position as a regional healthcare hub.

• 2023-12-26 02:01:02

FDA is issuing a guidance in relation to Section 506J of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In which manufacturers are required to promptly notify the FDA, whether during or prior to a Public Health Emergency (PHE), of any permanent discontinuance or interruption in the production of specific devices.

• 2023-09-27 05:49:24

The FDA has introduced the Customer Relation Management Information System (CRMIS), a digital platform that enables stakeholders and the public to submit inquiries and follow-ups. The system began on August 28, 2023, and will run until November 30, 2023, as part of the FDA's commitment to improving public health services and IT infrastructure.

• 2023-03-27 08:22:41

The US FDA starts to launch the so-called "eSTAR" Pilot with Health Canada. The eSTAR is an interactive medical device submission process and is expected to likely become the main path regarding medical device submissions for 510(k) and De novo registrations in the near future.

• 2022-09-27 07:17:48

Utilization of Remote Regulatory Assessments (RRA) as a critical examination of an FDA-regulated establishment and/or its records. FDA has published the draft guidance to let more people understand its value and what FDA expectations for RRA are.

• 2022-08-30 03:43:54

PFDA issues the updated regulation for Medical Radiation Devices that aims to provide guidelines for the importation of radiation devices used for both medical and non-medical applications in accordance to AO 2018-0002.

• 2022-06-29 03:18:32

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new draft guidance to further a voluntary program aiming to improve quality-related processes in medical device manufacturing. The concept comes from the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), which assesses the capability and performance of key business processes using a maturity appraisal model tailored to the medical device industry. The overall stated goal is to enhance the quality processes and to improve the overall medical device quality, as to ultimately ensure better patient treatment outcomes.

• 2022-04-27 11:34:25

The US FDA is classifying the interoperable automated glycemic controller into class II. Also, the codified language for the interoperable automated glycemic controller is taken as a part of the device to the special control.