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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is strengthening its ability to respond to postmarket medical device safety issues by creating a fast-acting committee of expert advisors that can rapidly review safety problems. Read More
Manufacturers of moderate-risk devices with a good record of GMP compliance could see less of government inspectors, under proposed amendments to South Korea’s good manufacturing practice regulations. Read More
With five new medical device regulations set to take effect in China on Oct. 1, industry insiders are worried the short transition period will affect supply of products in the country. Read More
The public can view device incident reports dating back 20 years under the openFDA initiative, which launched in June with some drug data and is now getting underway for devices. Read More
The FDA has asked Spacelabs Healthcare, a maker of patient monitoring devices, to get an audit from an outside consultant to address problems with corrective and preventive actions and MDRs. Read More
Manufacturers implementing unique device identification may choose a barcode for their Automatic Identification Data Capture technology, or they can use “any other technology that serves the same objectives,” new FDA guidance clarifies. Read More
Medtronic has possibly “the deepest pipeline in company history,” setting it up to weather recent marketshare losses and boost growth in the second half of the year, Leerink Swann analyst Danielle Antalffy says. Read More
Sponsors of device clinical trials should carefully examine the demographic distribution of study participants at various points during the study, the FDA says in final guidance published Wednesday. Read More