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The FDA is hamstrung from truly mitigating impending drug supply shortages because the agency can’t get a consistently transparent view into drug manufacturers’ operations, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability during a nearly five-hour hearing on Thursday. Read More
A general sampling of comments received on the RFI do not reflect overwhelming support for the agency to regulate laboratory developed tests. Read More
Three industry groups responding to a Senate committee’s March 14 RFI distributed to stakeholders showed no support for the FDA’s plan to regulate laboratory developed tests. Read More
This edition of Quick Notes reviews the FDA’s approval of Abbott’s transcatheter repair system, Spirair’s nasal septal deviation correction device, de novo approval of Orthobond’s antibacterial coating, and 510(k) clearance of Olympus’ single use ureteroscope system. Read More
Supernus Pharmaceuticals and IntelGenx have recently received Complete Response Letters (CRL) from the FDA requesting additional quality information on their drug-device combination products. Read More
While Johnson & Johnson just announced its plans to acquire Shockwave Medical for $13.1 billion, Boston Scientific faces an FTC request for more information on its $3.7 billion acquisition of Axonics. Read More
Three medical devices — radial artery and arterial line catheterization kits, a neurovascular catheter, and gas-powered portable ventilators — have been deemed Class I, the FDA’s most serious type of recall. Read More
The FDA questioned and answered virtually all aspects of Remote Regulatory Assessments (RRA) in an 18-page revised draft guidance issued last January, and the comments on the Q&A document have arrived with more questions of their own. Read More
New draft guidance for ceramic and metal coatings on implantable orthopedic devices needs to recognize the different bonding characteristics of a new generation of extremely thin, nonporous metallic coatings applied by ion beam deposition, according to one of seven comments filed on the document. Read More