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FDA Clears Empaticas Pediatric Epilepsy Smartband

FDA clears an Empatica 510(k) for its Embrace, a pediatric epilepsy smartband that detects patterns in motion and physiological signals that may be as...

FDA General

Make FDA Independent: 7 Former Commissioners

Seven former FDA commissioners call for sweeping changes to transform FDA into an independent federal agency that is not part of HHS.

FDA General

FDA Shutdown Enters 3rd Week and Challenges Mount

As FDA enters the third week of the partial government shutdown, agency employees still on the job face increasing challenges with fulfilling public h...

Medical Devices

MicroVention PMA OKd for Neck Aneurysm Device

FDA approves a MicroVention (a Terumo subsidiary) PMA for the WEB Aneurysm Embolization System for treating intracranial wide neck bifurcation aneurys...

Human Drugs

Supremes Seem to Tilt to Merck in Fosamax Case

U.S. Supreme Court justices appear to be leaning in Mercks favor in its pursuit to reverse a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that allowed hundreds...

Medical Devices

Neocis Gains Clearance for Dental Robot Materials

FDA clears a Neocis 510(k) for additional dental materials to be used with Yomi, the companys robot-assisted dental surgery system.

Medical Devices

Software Pre-Cert Pilot Program

FDA issues a new Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Pilot Program working model 1.0, Test plan, and regulatory framework to explain how it envisions...

Human Drugs

Lupin Recalls 42 Lots of Injectable Ceftriaxone

Lupin Pharmaceuticals recalls 42 lots of ceftriaxone for injection in varying product strengths because they have been found to contain visual grey pa...

Human Drugs

CDER Approvals Shot Up 28% in 2018: Report

CDER says it saw a 28% increase in novel new drug approvals last year jumping from 46 approvals in 2017 to 59 in 2018.

Human Drugs

Rainier Therapeutics Fast Track for Bladder Cancer Therapy

FDA grants Rainier Therapeutics a fast track designation for its targeted antibody vofatamab for treating patients with advanced or metastatic urothel...