Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance recommends FDA reforms

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) holds primary responsibility for approving and regulating various human and animal prescription drugs, medical and tobacco products and the nation’s food supply.

ABSORPTION SYSTEMS: Awarded 5-year IDIQ Contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

To conduct preclinical testing of locally-acting topical dermal and ophthalmic drug product formulations

TECLENS: TECLens and SERVImed Industrial Spa Announce a Partnership to Pursue U.S. FDA Approval for Trans-epithelial Corneal Cross-Linking

TECLens, a medical device manufacturer and SERVImed Industrial Spa, an ophthalmic medical devices manufacturer and distributor today announced their partnership aimed at development and FDA approval of a new combination product to treat keratoconus.

TRINEtX: Named Technology Partner for FDA Sentinel System

TriNetX, the global health research network that revolutionizes clinical research and enables discoveries through the generation of real-world evidence (RWE), has been named a technology partner in two coordinating centers of the FDA's Sentinel System, a national program that uses electronic health care data to monitor the safety of FDA-regulated drugs and other medical products.

PROTOM: Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Clearance for Its Radiance 330® Single Room Proton Therapy System

ProTom International Holding Corporation ("ProTom"), a market-leading proton therapy technology manufacturer, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for its Radiance 330 proton therapy system installed at Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH") in Boston, Massachusetts.

U.S. FDA: Statement on measuring the progress being made through implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Statement from Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless, M.D., and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, on measuring the progress being made through implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

FDA working to increase availability of Naloxone

The opioid crisis has become such a public health crisis that there is now a Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week to focus on the dangers of opioid addiction as well as treatment options treatment – which includes access to Naloxone.

Vaping illnesses caused by illegal substances, AVA says

As more people become ill from using vaping products, government authorities are beginning to take a hard look at e-cigarettes.

SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS: FDA Clears Modules of AI-Rad Companion Chest CT From Siemens Healthineers

AI-based software enables automated enhanced visualization of CT images of the lungs, heart, and aorta

Critics say the latest attempt by Congress to reign in prescription drug prices may not work

The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) is expected to work its way through Congress this fall.

U.S. FDA: Continues to take steps to fulfill its commitment to strengthen and modernize the 510(k) medical device program

FDA publishes draft guidance documents to provide device-specific performance criteria for the Safety and Performance Based Pathway

Trump administration's flavored vaping ban doesn't go far enough, bipartisan group says

The Trump administration’s move to ban certain flavors of e-cigarettes and vaping devices either goes too far or doesn’t go far enough, according to those on opposite sides of the debate.

AVITA MEDICAL: Receives U.S. FDA Investigational Device Exemption Approval of Pivotal Study Evaluating RECELL System for Soft Tissue Reconstruction

First RECELL System clinical trial in the U.S. focused on acute soft tissue injuries, defects, and reconstruction; study expected to commence within next 6 months

AETION: Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Joins Aetion's Board of Directors

Gottlieb joins as Aetion advances real-world evidence for making drug development and commercialization more efficient

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