On January 14, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that for the first time it will permit marketing for a new diagnostic test that has the ability to simultaneously detect up to eleven (11) prevalent bacterial, viral, and parasitic causes for infectious gastroenteritis from a single sample from a patient. The FDA’s …
Tag Archive: 510(k)
Nov 11
FDA Warns Company for Marketing Medical Device
On November 5, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced recent action the Agency has taken against a Tennessee-based company in connection with the Company’s alleged violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FFDCA”). According to the FDA’s Press Release, found here, The Avalon Effect, Inc. (“the Company”) is in violation …
Jul 16
FDA Proposes New Unique Identifier System for Medical Devices
On July 3, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced its intention to require most medical devices in the United States to bear a Unique Device Identifier (“UDI”). According to the FDA, this UDI system could potentially improve availability and quality of information in medical device adverse event reporting and in the event …
Jun 06
Study Prompts OIG to Call for Further Training of FDA Medical Device Reviewers
On June 5, 2012, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) published a report entitled, “Executive Summary: Scientific Disagreements Regarding Medical Device Regulatory Decisions.” The Summary, found here, details a study undertaken by the OIG, an office in the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), wherein the Office examined the instances of disagreement that …
May 16
FDA Expands Use of Device to Detect both Viral and Bacterial Causes of Respiratory Infection
On May 15, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced the clearance of expanded uses for the FilmArray Respiratory Panel, a medical device used to detect causes of respiratory infection. Manufactured by Idaho Technology, Inc., the device is cleared for the simultaneous detection of both viral and bacterial causes of respiratory infection. The …