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Human Drugs

Woodcock Outlines Drug Safety Efforts

CDER director Janet Woodcock describes the Centers efforts to ensure drug safety and communicate its findings.

Human Drugs

Asian-Pacific Drug R&D Increasing: Report

A Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development analysis shows that U.S. dominance in worldwide drug research and development is being challenged by ...

Human Drugs

Novartis Gets Breakthrough Status on Sickle Cell Therapy

FDA grants Novartis a breakthrough therapy designation for crizanlizumab (SEG101) for use in preventing vaso-occlusive crises in patients of all genot...

Medical Devices

Class 1 Recall of Medtronic Synergy Cranial Software

FDA classifies as Class 1 a Medtronic recall of its Synergy Cranial Software and Stealth Station S7 Cranial Software due to reports of incorrect infor...

Medical Devices

Attend to Cybersecurity Guidelines: Attorney

Attorney Paulette Thomas says hospitals and other medical device vendors should pay attention to recent FDA guidelines on medical device cybersecurity...

Marketing

Medical Marketing Grows, Oversight Limited: Study

A JAMA Special Communication says spending on medical marketing increased significantly between 1997 and 2016, but oversight of such marketing has rem...

FDA General

FDA Employees Fear Shutdown Could Be Deadly

CNN reports FDA employees saying they fear the government shutdown at their agency could cost lives, and commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks the network ...

FDA General

Separate FDA Spending Bill to Get House Vote

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote this week to fund FDA under an Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Relat...

Medical Devices

Questioning FDAs Old Predicate Concern

Attorney Jeffrey Shapiro questions the need for an FDA push to get 510(k) submissions to rely on newer predicates.

Human Drugs

Awak Tech Gains Breakthrough Status for Dialysis Device

FDA grants Awak Technologies a breakthrough designation for its Awak Peritoneal Dialysis device, a wearable and ultra-portable peritoneal dialysis sys...