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Class 2 for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Device

Federal Register notice: FDA classifies the extracorporeal shock wave device for treating chronic wounds into Class 2 (special controls).

Human Drugs

Gottlieb Wants More FDA Staff at International Mail Facilities

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says he wants more agency investigators at international mail facilities to help intercept illegal drug shipments, par...

Federal Register

Comments Sought on Device Reclassification Info Collection

Federal Register notice: FDA seeks comments on an information collection for Reclassification Petitions for Medical Devices 21 CFR Section 860.123 (O...

Human Drugs

Gottlieb Challenges Payors on Drug Prices

In a precedent-breaking speech, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb tells health insurers they need to change payment practices to help the biosimilars ma...

Human Drugs

Trial Site Initiation Highly Inefficient: Tufts

A Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development survey finds that many drug trial sponsors and CROs are somewhat or completely unsatisfied with their...

Human Drugs

Esperion Reports Positive Phase 3 Results for Cholesterol Drug

Esperion reports positive top-line results from a pivotal Phase 3 study (Study 4 or 1002-048) involving its investigational cholesterol-lowering bempe...

Medical Devices

Stryker Gains Clearance for 3D-printed Lumbar Cage

FDA clears a Strykers Spine division 510(k) for its Tritanium TL Curved Posterior Lumbar Cage, a 3D-printed interbody fusion cage intended for use as ...

Marketing

Few DTC Ads Comply with FDA Regs: Study

Yale University researchers say few drug DTC ads follow FDA regulation requirements and often are unreliable and misleading.

Human Drugs

FDA Clears Panther Orthopedics Fixation Device

FDA clears a Panther Orthopedics 510(k) for the Puma System, an implantable flexible fixation device indicated for syndesmosis fixation, hallux valgus...

Medical Devices

Essure Medical Device Reports Doubled in 2017

FDA says the number of medical device reports on Bayers Essure it received in 2017 was more than twice the number received in 2016.