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Draft Guidance
FDA Proposes New Formats for Informed Consent
The FDA has issued a new draft guidance for the disclosure of information in informed consent (IC) documents that will align with an overarching rule by the Department of Health and Human Services...
FDA Provides Greater Possibilities for Real-World Evidence
In 2023, the FDA prioritized the use of real-world evidence (RWE) for regulatory decision making for medical products, leading to the development of two guidance’s. In both cases, the FDA was...
New FDA Draft Guidance Offers Clarity for 510(k) Requirements
The FDA has released a new draft guidance which explains when clinical data may be needed for 510(k) submissions, an essential explanation of the agency’s policy for the 510(k) program. When...
FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Implanted 510(k) Devices
In September 2023, the FDA published several new draft guidance documents for Class II, moderate-risk devices as part of the agency’s agenda to modernize the 510(k) program. One of these is a draft...
FDA Guidance: Rulemaking for Patient Medication Information
The FDA has issued a final guidance for the presentation of quantitative efficacy and risk information for pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, but this is only one of two recent...
FDA Draft Guidance For Predetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs) for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Enabled Device Software Functions
Since the publication of the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan in 2021, interested parties have been awaiting guidance from...
FDA Reissues CRL Guidance for Generic Drugs After Five Months
The FDA has reissued a July 2022 guidance for complete response letters (CRLs) for generic drug applications after only five months, although the December 2022 version was made necessary by the...
FDA Enables Safeguarding Therapeutics Act in Guidance
The FDA has had the authority to destroy counterfeit drugs since 2012, when Congress passed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), but Congress did not grant the...
FDA Revisits Validation for Production Computer Systems
The FDA has released a draft guidance for computer software assurance (CSA), which when finalized will represent a significant change in how the agency regulates computer systems used in device...
Three Years Since the Draft Guidance was Released, FDA Issues their Final Guidance Document on Clinical Decision Support Software
On September 28, 2022, FDA released their 26-page final guidance document titled, “Clinical Decision Support Software.” This much anticipated final guidance document aims to set out which types...