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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has provided errant manufacturers with a way to avoid prosecution if they confess their misconduct right away. Read More
After analyzing four additional years of data, the FDA has decided to reverse its 2019 judgment of the mortality risk of paclitaxel-coated devices, saying data do not support a finding of excess mortality risk. Read More
The FDA’s recent final guidance on clinical decision support software prevents physicians from fully disclosing critical health information and therefore violates the First Amendment, a Florida law professor has written in her citizen petition to the FDA. Read More
Upcoming events in the coming weeks include five FDA advisory committee meetings as well as the WCG MAGI Clinical Research Conference and a webinar from FDAnews, a WCG company on design control. Read More
Outset Medical has announced that it received a warning letter from the FDA for promoting use of its Tablo hemodialysis system for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) which is outside of current indications for the device, and for a lack of clearance of TabloCart, an accessory for the system. Read More
Dubbing the Patent Trial Appeal Board’s (PTAB) rationale “doubly infected by error,” the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals gave Axonics the win as it vacated PTAB’s denial of Axonics appeal against Medtronic and remanded the case back to PTAB for reconsideration. Read More
Megadyne, an Ethicon company, is recalling its Mega 2000 and Megasoft reusable patient return electrodes — now deemed an FDA class I recall, the most serious type of recall as use of the device could lead to serious injury or death — after receiving reports of burn injuries as serious as third degree. Read More
Coloplast has signed a $1.3 billion agreement to acquire Kerecis, a biologics wound care manufacturer based in Iceland, with an FDA-cleared patented technology platform based on intact fish skin. Read More
The FDA has classified Draeger Medical’s Oxylog 3000 Plus emergency and transport ventilator as class I, the most serious type of recall because of the risk of serious injury or death. Read More