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When an FDA investigator issues a Form 483 after inspecting your facility, the cited observations should be addressed in writing to the FDA within 15 days, even if the initial response will be preliminary. To prepare an appropriate response to the audit findings and get on the necessary path to mitigate and resolve the identified issues, you’ll want to focus on at least three key areas, according to ARC Experts President and CEO Walt Murray.
A complex global supply chain combined with strict quality and compliance requirements on upstream activities is compounding manufacturers’ efforts to ensure they are sourcing quality materials for their products. For life sciences companies, where precision is critical, the slightest variation in materials sourced, equipment used or processes followed can leave a path of disaster in its wake – from nonconforming materials and out-of-specification products to production downtime and product recalls.
Ben Franklin said, “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” That’s advice medical device makers can take to heart because 2016 really is shaping up to be a year of unprecedented industry change. Non-traditional medical device companies, such as Google and Apple, are entering the space, disrupting the business models of major industry players.
Can you distribute poor quality products while complying with regulatory requirements? Sure, after all, you can conduct a recall of poor quality products in compliance with all applicable regulations.
Because of the multitude of problems being found in regulatory agency inspections, data integrity is a hot issue for regulators around the world today. Data integrity is critically important to regulators for a variety of reasons, including patient safety, process and product quality. The integrity and trustworthiness of the data provides a baseline for the regulators opinion of the personnel and the company as a whole.
It’s coming – and at this point, nothing will stop it. The Medical Device Directive (MDD) is being recast to a regulation – the Medical Device Regulation (MDR). It has been over four years in the making and the EU countries have spent many hours (actually over four years) working to agree on its Consolidated Negotiated Text.
Is the FDA starting to get serious about how medical devices and prescription drugs are being marketed on social media? Many experts think so, citing Kim Kardashian’s highly publicized misleading endorsement of the morning-sickness medication Diclegis® as an example. The offending post, which appeared on the reality star’s personal Instagram page, earned drug maker Duchésnay a warning letter, demanding an immediate retraction. The post was promptly removed—after it had garnered 450,000 likes from Kardashian’s over 42 million followers.
Medical device companies are required to conduct postmarket surveillance (PMS) on their devices to maintain high product quality and safety. However, few companies realize the true value of the digital feedback they receive. In this post, we will explore current best practices for collecting and interpreting postmarketing intelligence, and discuss how you can use the information you acquire to gain a competitive advantage.
Hurricanes. Power outages. Socio - geopolitical upheavals. Train derailment. Road closures. Contamination in a supplier facility. Terrorism, cyber-attack, sabotage or industrial espionage. Labor unrest. Global pandemic. Fires, floods and natural disasters. These incidents are not a work of science fiction and the number of them that can negatively affect the supply chain are real and virtually limitless.
Patch Adams, the physician famously played on the silver screen by Robin Williams, urged IT professionals to help build an ethical and nonviolent world during his keynote speech at the 2016 Masters Summit in Salt Lake City.
By 2020 72% of clinical trials are anticipated to be outsourced, up from just 23% in 2012. Sponsors are seeking cost reductions, access to specialized knowledge, and increased speed and agility. Meanwhile, CROs focus is on business goals related to economic outcomes for their owners, investors and shareholders. Each group is expecting deliverables and timelines to be met or exceeded for potentially different business reasons, leading to a traditional client/vendor-type relationship. Though alliances and partnerships are increasing, there continues to be a client/vendor mentality at the operational and management levels, which perpetuates a lack of trust and empowerment.
Ever wish you could have a do-over? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go back in time to change or undo some event? Or what about going to a future time? Nothing illegal, maybe just to avoid the lines and hassle of getting a ticket to the next episode of Star Wars.
Do you have a great idea for a new medical device? It's not as easy to get a product to market as it used to be. Following these five design research steps may
Last week, I attended AdvaMed 2016, the leading medtech conference in North America. This year’s conference was the biggest yet, with more than 2,650 medtech professionals descending on Minneapolis for three days (October 17-19) of educational sessions, lively panel discussions and inspiring patient stories. As the birthplace of the modern medical device, and home to nearly 1,000 health technology companies, Minneapolis was a suitable host location to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the confe
Ask an operations manager and he’ll acknowledge that what it’s called is less important than getting the “assignment” done and entered into the LMS. He’s usually more concerned about the loss of productivity during the training than the effectiveness of the training at that time. It isn’t until later when the training may have to be delivered again (repeated), that the comment “training doesn’t really work” is heard.
Whether it’s the ibuprofen we take to remedy a headache or the world’s smallest pacemaker approved by the FDA earlier this year, we can rest assured that these medical products passed scientific scrutiny and complied with stringent regulations. We can thank a woman who blazed a trail at the FDA—Frances Oldham Kelsey—for raising the bar in compliance.
Global health care spending is expected to increase by 4.3 percent until 2019, with biotech drug sales and medical device revenues forecasted to reach $445 billion and $454 billion, respectively, in 2019 (1). Given such growth, what kind of regulatory landscape can you expect? A newly released enhanced e-book offers five forecasts.
It is unfortunate that so many new medical devices and new generation product launches are delayed due to the absence of regulatory input at the beginning stages of design control and the new product development process.
What can small sponsors do to secure the outsourcing resources they need as large CROs form strategic alliances with Big Pharma?
f you do something right three times, you should be able to do it that way always. If this is your approach to process validation, Hal Baseman, chief operations officer at ValSource LLC, begs to differ. Baseman shared some insights about improving process validation at the PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference in Washington D.C., Sept. 12-14.
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