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University of Toronto researchers have created a material that can store drugs and allow them to dissipate into a patient’s bloodstream transdermally, providing an alternative for patients who need medical injections.
The FDA next month will hold a public meeting to review the status of the Study Data Tabul-ation Model (SDTM) for clinical trial data submissions and to discuss the agency’s experience with and plans for the proposed standard format, which was developed by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC).
Inlet Medical, a medical device company that develops and markets specialty laparoscopic surgical products, launched the Carter-Thomason CloseSure System XL for trocar wound closure, designed especially for obese and bariatric patients to prevent port-site herniation.
Medical devicemakers can prevent manufacturing problems and improve product safety by applying the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) technique to their operations, according to a HACCP-certified auditor.
The recent ratification of the royalty-free EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 standard as an electronic product code (EPC) standard will encourage technology vendors to create EPC/radio-frequency identification (RFID) tools for suppliers and manufacturers, according to a standards organization.
Configuration management (CM) is an important element in systems validation and should be implemented for each individual system as it is being developed, said Scott Hodges, project manager at Stelex-TVG.
With increased concern about the potential effects of electromagnetic interference on heart pacemakers (ICDs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., reported they did not detect interference from personal digital assistants (PDAs) on cardiac devices.
Nearly one-fifth of medication errors hospitals and health systems reported in 2003 were linked to computerized or automated prescription drug delivery systems, and technology-related medication errors are increasing, according to a U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) study.
The recent ratification of the royalty-free EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 standard as an electronic product code (EPC) standard will encourage technology vendors to create EPC/radio-frequency identification (RFID) tools for suppliers and manufacturers, according to a standards organization.