If they serve health care professionals (HCPs) in EU member states, manufacturers that provide personal protective equipment (PPE) or medical devices used by HCPs caring for known or suspected COVID-19 patients should familiarize themselves with a recent European Commission recommendation. This recommendation is designed to accelerate the time to market for these products, provided that … Continue Reading
On November 26, 2018, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intent “to modernize the FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway”1 by encouraging manufacturers to rely on newer (that is, 10 years old or less) medical devices as predicate devices in 510(k) notifications, and providing an alternative 510(k) pathway that allows manufacturers to rely on objective … Continue Reading
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a report in September 2018 after a review of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policies, procedures, and guidance relating to cybersecurity reviews of networked medical1 devices. In its findings, covered in our recent client alert, the OIG determined that while the FDA has started to include … Continue Reading
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently gave the green-light on a medical device manufacturer’s proposed warranty program, wherein the company would provide a refund to the hospital at which a patient underwent joint replacement surgery using the company’s knee or hip implant and related products, if the patient was readmitted within 90 days because … Continue Reading
Following the issuance of the “Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Examination and Approval System and Encouraging Innovation in the Industries of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices” by the Central Office of the Communist Party of China and the Office of the State Council on October 1, 2017, the former China Food and Drug Administration** formulated … Continue Reading
On April 17, 2018, FDA announced its plan to launch the Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health (Action Plan), which aims to support and advance innovation in medical devices while also assuring the safety of the devices throughout their Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC). To that end, FDA intends to focus … Continue Reading
On December 8, 2017 – nearly a year after President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”) – the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released two new draft guidances that aim to implement section 3060 of the Cures Act, and provide clarity on the Agency’s regulatory approach to software as a … Continue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of its guidance entitled “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Medical Devices; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff,” which was published in the Federal Register. This guidance was previously circulated in May 2016 in a draft form and underwent a comment period, where … Continue Reading
FDA recently released guidance (“Manufacturers Sharing Patient-Specific Information from Medical Devices with Patients Upon Request”) finalizing its policy on medical device manufacturers sharing patient-specific information from devices with patients at the patients’ request. In response to the more active roles patients are playing in their health care, and increased frequency with which patients are seeking … Continue Reading
Reed Smith not only assists our pharmaceutical and medical device clients with their current legal challenges and opportunities, we look around corners to anticipate the next industry disruptor – and to help our clients navigate the legal issues that come with it. For our life sciences clients, the Internet of Things is clearly a game … Continue Reading
Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group is proud to be hosting its third annual Life Sciences CLE Day at our Philadelphia office on Thursday, November 2. The day starts with breakfast and networking at 8:30 a.m. and sessions commence at 9 a.m. The event, which includes a working lunch, concludes at 4 p.m., with … Continue Reading
Reed Smith is at the forefront of thought leadership surrounding 3D printing and how this revolutionary technology will impact our pharmaceutical and medical device clients, as well as universities and other leading medical centers which are incorporating this technology into patient care. Our 3D printing team has authored two white papers (available here and here) … Continue Reading
The Reed Smith life sciences product liability and 3D printing teams will be hosting an upcoming CLE webinar “3D Printing: What Could Happen to Products Liability When Users (and Everyone Else in Between) Become Manufacturers” on May 8, 2017 at 12 p.m. ET. Reed Smith presenters Jim Beck and Matt Jacobson will be discussing 3D … Continue Reading
On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). It is hoped that provisions in the new bill, and the $6.3 billion it provides for medical research over the next decade, will spur innovation and new progress in medical treatments for the patients who need them. This Client … Continue Reading
On December 21, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) posted a Consumer Update and accompanying video on the “The 3Rs of 3D Printing: FDA’s Role,” which reconfirms its position on the importance of 3D printed medical devices. The FDA sums up its role in this “innovative space” as regulate, research, and resource (i.e., … Continue Reading
Following up the success of its first, medical device-focused 3D printing white paper, 3D Printing of Medical Devices: When a Novel Technology Meets Traditional Legal Principles, Reed Smith’s 3D Printing Task Force has now launched a second edition of its 3D printing publication white paper addressing 3D printed products more broadly: 3D Printing of Manufactured Goods: … Continue Reading
FDA issued a final guidance on November 8, 2016, “Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers”. As with all such guidance documents, it is nonbinding: “It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the public.” Nevertheless, for those interested in medical device reporting, the document is required reading as … Continue Reading
Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group is hosting a Life Sciences CLE Day at our Philadelphia office on Thursday, November 10. The day starts with breakfast and networking at 8:30 a.m. and sessions commence at 9 a.m. The event, which includes a working lunch, concludes at 2:30 p.m. This program is geared toward in-house … Continue Reading
The Reed Smith Life Sciences Health Industry Group will be hosting an upcoming CLE webinar “Think Differently. 3D Printing – Will Regulatory Pathways and Reimbursement Change?” on July 21 , 2016 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Reed Smith presenters Gail Daubert, Celeste Letourneau and Kevin Madagan will be discussing the increasing popularity of 3D printing and … Continue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved more than 80 medical devices that involve 3D printing and one prescription drug. It also held a public workshop to obtain information and input about 3D printing issues on October 8 and 9, 2014. FDA brought together technical 3D printing expertise from various industries and sectors … Continue Reading
The increasing popularity of 3D printing is changing the future of health care far more dramatically than we would have ever imagined. Although we have blogged about 3D printing, and the Reed Smith white paper, “3D Printing of Medical Devices: When a Novel Technology Meets Traditional Legal Principles” addressed regulatory issues for medical devices and … Continue Reading
We’ve blogged about medical device cybersecurity topics here and most recently here. The topic is in the news yet again with the FDA issuing a draft guidance outlining postmarket recommendations for medical device manufacturers to address cybersecurity risks. The draft guidance recommends that manufacturers should execute a structured, systematic, and comprehensive cybersecurity risk management program … Continue Reading
The FDA announced that it will be holding a public two-day workshop at its White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Md., on January 20-21, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. titled, “Moving Forward: Collaborative Approaches to Medical Device Cybersecurity.” The FDA, in collaboration with the National Health Information Sharing Analysis Center (NH-ISAC), the Department … Continue Reading
The Reed Smith Life Sciences Health Industry Group (LSHI) recently released their “Winter 2015/2016 Webinar Course Offerings,” which once again features timely webinars and in-person programs on a wide variety of topics. Upcoming events include: January 19, 2016 – Webinar: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Best and Worst Prescription Drug/Medical Device January 24, … Continue Reading
