In late 2019, the FDA introduced a new Safety and Performance Based Pathway which can potentially speed up the preparation and review process for certain submitters of pre-market notification medical device submissions. This optional pathway was created by the FDA to assist with well understood device types, in which a submitter references device specific guidance’s detailing the appropriate testing standards,
Due to the novel coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 rapid infection rate, as well the viruses ability to create asymptomatic carriers, resulting in major societal disruptions and shutdowns have occurred throughout the world, but nowhere has this pandemic hit hardest than within the health care systems, hospitals and clinics. Due to the enormous surge of critical care, there is a massive demand and shortage
A very informative and detailed overview of the SARS-CoV-2 or novel Coronavirus from a Stanford Doctor, Michael Lin, as well as a bonus recipe at end for making hand sanitizer. Links referenced in Slides Slide 3: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm Slide 4: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid19-days-surfaces-experiment-findings/story%3Fid=69569397 Slide 5: https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14/21135208/coronavirus-wuhan-china-covid-19-name-sars-cov-2 Slide 6: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31971553, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15280490 Slide 7: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22312351 Slide 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_South_Korea, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/20-0320_article, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/ Slide 9: https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/severity/diamond_cruise_cfr_estimates.html, http://www.wsj.com/articles/experimental-drug-helps-some-americans-ride-out-coronavirus-nih-doctor-says-11584094955,
Does your firm use 3D printing and UV Curing systems to manufacture medical devices..then you must validate these systems based on the new implemented Final FDA Guidance Document-“Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Medical Devices.” On December 5, 2017, FDA issued the final version of the guidance, “Technical Considerations for Additive Manufactured Medical Devices.” Additive manufacturing (AM), the broad category of