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I (Mike Russell) attended the neXus conference on medical device standards this year. Below are some observations and suggested takeaways from the talks I heard and the panel I was on. Remember, these are just selected highlights, not everything said 🙂 Session: Reducing Submission Rejections and Recalls with Software Standards This year’s conference added a third...
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By Ron Baerg and Mike Russell “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later” was the punch line of a memorable TV commercial by the FRAM® company about their oil filters around 50 years ago. The “me”: a car mechanic. Their point: paying (a little) now to replace your oil filter regularly...
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What does the US FDA expect in a premarket submission for description of the software design?  In the recent June 2023 Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff titled, “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions,” the FDA gives the following guidance. For lower risk devices, the manufacturer is not required to...
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A former employee forges FDA clearance letters at a Philadelphia-area medical device manufacturer.  Peter Stoll III pleaded guilty to one felony count of violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by causing the introduction of misbranded and adulterated medical devices into interstate commerce, in violation of 21 United States Code, Section 331(a) and 331(a)(2). ...
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Effectively Communicating to FDA – being able to appropriately articulate what your software function is intended to do or intended to provide is – the foundation – the corner stone – the linchpin to navigating the correct path, investing your resource wisely, and defending your decisions now and into the future.  Solid foundations lead to solid futures....
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FDA releases Guidance on AI requests.  To aid manufacturers and reviewers, this guidance emphasizes the “Least Burdensome Provisions” when responding to deficiencies in a regulatory submission.  Download the final guidance: 2022-guidance-responding-deficencies-least-burdensome As stated by FDA, this guidance is “intended to help FDA staff develop, and industry respond to, a request for additional information needed to make a...
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the draft guidance: Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions. The draft guidance is intended to reflect FDA’s most current thinking on the recommended documentation sponsors should include in premarket submissions for FDA’s evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of device software functions, including both...
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(April 6, 2021)— Ginny Kwan Gattinger has joined Crisis Prevention and Recovery LLC (DBA SoftwareCPR®) as a Partner. Ginny is a regulatory affairs professional specializing in software-based products with over 10 years of experience in the regulated industry including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Ginny has developed regulatory strategies for a variety of SiMD/SaMD and...
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Remember the 2005 guidance document, Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices? In 2020 that guidance is as relevant as ever, and it can be useful to review what we know about the FDA’s expectations regarding Level of Concern (LOC) in medical devices. LOC is important if for no...
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How do I know if my device or my software is a medical device? Watch this helpful video and learn about the 513(g) process as well.  SoftwareCPR can help you plan your regulatory strategy and handle your regulatory submissions.  We would be delighted to help!
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Today FDA issued a final guidance, “Requests for Feedback and Meetings for Medical Device Submissions: The Q-Submission Program.  Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff Document (May 7, 2019).  The FDA’s Q-Submission Program provides submitters an opportunity to have early collaboration and discussions about medical device submissions. In our opinion, early feedback and...
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US FDA has proposed a new rule to exempt Cytometry instruments used for counting or characterizing cells (a well-understood and mature technology), from premarket notification requirements.  Cytometry instruments used for sorting or collecting cells, and instruments that are used as an automated hematology analyzer, or that perform automated differential cell counts, will still require premarket...
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FDA issued a draft guidance for prescription POC (Point-of-care) entitled “Blood Glucose Monitoring Test Systems for Prescription Point-of-Care Use.” This draft guidance document provides recommendations to industry about the types of information to include in their premarket submissions for blood glucose monitoring systems used for diabetes management in the health care prescription POC settings. This guidance...
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FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use“‘. This draft guidance document provides recommendations to industry about the studies and criteria to include in their premarket submissions for self-monitoring blood glucose test systems used for diabetes management in the home setting. This guidance (similar to the Prescription POC guidance)...
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FDA issued a draft guidance for comment: Expansion of the Abbreviated 510(k) Program: Demonstrating Substantial Contains Nonbinding Recommendations Draft – Not for Implementation Equivalence through Performance Criteria. The outline shows a Section 17 for software information. The outline can be viewed here.
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FDA issued a new draft guidance entitled”Draft Guidance for Industry; How To Prepare a Pre-Request for Designation”. This guidance is intended to describe informal interaction with FDA that might lead to a formal Designation request to determine wether a product will be regulator as a device or a drug and some combination thereof. The full...
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http://www.fda.gov/downloads/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/guidancedocuments/ucm313794.pdf
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/docs/FDApremarketclassificationcodexemptionsAug2015.pdf
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http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/howtomarketyourdevice/ucm370879.htm
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/docs/FDAEvaluatingSubstantialEquivalenceGuidance0714.pdf
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http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/guidancedocuments/ucm383206.htm#s5
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http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/FDAeSubmitter/UCM319824.pdf
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The key guidance document from FDA regarding the software documentation required in a premarket submissions for FDA including 510(k)s, PMAs, and IDEs is the “Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices Document issued on: May 11, 2005  
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FDA announced in the Federal Register (Docket No. 1992S–0251) a central Gateway/single point of entry for electronic submissions for device, drug and biologic applications. It is referred to as the Electronic Submission Gateway (ESG). The announcement describes three secure options for electronic submissions: “The FDA ESG offers two secure communication options for applicants that have...
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