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Enabling more rapid Medicare coverage of medical technology innovations through support of CMS’s proposed Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) was the goal of several devicemakers who spoke in support of the proposal at a recent House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee meeting. Read More
Medtronic’s recall of more than 348,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) has been deemed class I by the FDA, the most serious type of recall as use of the device may cause injury or death. Read More
Upcoming events in the coming weeks include five FDA advisory committee meetings as well as the GMP Quality Management vSummit, and webinars from FDAnews, a WCG company on reliability assessment and medical device risk management tools. Read More
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FTC have issued draft guidelines the government will use to determine whether a merger may violate anti-trust laws by risking lessened competition now and in the future. Read More
CMS has proposed removing the national coverage determination for the positron emission tomography (PET) beta amyloid imaging needed to diagnose the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and prescribe the newly approved antiamyloid antibody drug Lequembi (lecanemab). Read More
The FTC is withdrawing two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in healthcare markets that it says no longer reflect market realities at the same time it demonstrates its intentions by pursuing administrative actions against two pending mergers. Read More
As the 118th Congress continues, FDAnews will track important pending legislation to keep you updated on regulations that could impact your business. Read More
Final guidance on a voluntary program for qualifying medical device development tools (MDDT) for the evaluation of devices regulated by CDRH has been reissued by the FDA with minor process clarifications. Read More