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The FDA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday a two-year extension of the parallel review pilot program for medical devices, saying they need more time to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. Read More
Jay Crowley, who has been the FDA’s leading voice in explaining unique device identification to industry, is leaving the agency to join a California regulatory consulting group. Read More
The FDA’s medical device center may prequalify scientifically validated tools to support the development and regulatory evaluation of new devices. Read More
San Up, a Buenos Aires maker of piston and ultrasonic nebulizers, was warned by the FDA after cleaning shortfalls and other good manufacturing practice slip-ups. Read More
The FDA’s proposed framework for health IT regulation, due to Congress by January, will likely focus heavily on adverse event reporting and data collection, an attorney who has worked with the agency on developing the framework predicts. Read More
A proposed policy that would allow hospitals to set their own maintenance schedules for medical equipment could pose a significant risk to users of imaging and radiological devices, a coalition of medical societies says. Read More
The FDA’s device center needs to improve consistency in decisionmaking during premarket reviews and ensure all employees are up to speed on its review software systems, Booz Allen Hamilton says in a preliminary set of priority recommendations on the review process. Read More
Industry can expect an international effort to revise and update software device standards over the next few years, CDRH Director Jeffrey Shuren says. Read More
Industry got two wins in Tuesday’s bipartisan budget deal, which recommends the repeal of the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax and removes the threat of sequestration hanging over fiscal 2014 and 2015 FDA user fees. Read More