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June 16, 2020

IVD Clinical Trials in the Era of COVID-19: Time to go Virtual?

With the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise, and no definite end date to nationwide travel restrictions, various Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and Biotech/Pharma companies are hard at work trying to figure out how to efficiently conduct ongoing clinical trials while employees work remotely and subjects are restricted to their homes. Virtual options for clinical trials are gaining more clinical industry leader and regulator attention at this unique time in history. With the current technological resources available, Sponsors are able to conduct certain IVD clinical trials virtually with full regulatory compliance to FDA guidelines, and with several advantages.

June 01, 2020

PharmTech Outlook: Cover Story Featuring NAMSA President & CEO, John Gorski

Over the last decade, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries have undergone significant transformative trends and innovations. These shifts have rapidly improved efficiency and lowered costs while bringing an increased focus to personalized patient care. According to a 2019 study by Research and Markets, sales in the pharmaceutical industry are expected to rise to $900 billion in 2019 to $1.2 trillion by 2024, while the global medical device market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.33 percent to $521.64 billion by 2022.

April 09, 2020

European Commission Mandate for EU Parliament Negotiations on MDR Delay: Clarification Regarding Article 120(3)

On 3 April 2020, NAMSA’s EU Regulatory experts provided a critique of The European Commission’s proposal to delay the date of MDR application. Since this time, the European Council provided feedback regarding the European Commission’s proposal to delay the date of application of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on Medical Devices (MDR) by one year to 26 May 2021 in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

April 03, 2020

EU Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Proposal to Delay Date of MDR Application to May 2021 for Certain Provisions

Those involved in medical device design and development, quality and regulatory processes, and conformity assessments of medical products in the EU have rapidly diverted efforts to projects enabling increased production of essential medical devices such as ventilators due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Understandably, the medical devices industry is unable to focus efforts towards the fast-approaching current date of application of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) of 26 May 2020.

March 05, 2020

FDA Releases Final Guidance on Bone Anchor Premarket Notification 510(k) Submissions

This week’s release of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance on “Bone Anchors - Premarket Notification 510(k) Submissions” is based on the agency’s draft guidance from January 2017. While there are no significant differences between the draft document and the final guidance, the FDA did update this document to reflect other released guidance documents and minimal revisions.

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