Confronting private sector law and public policy arguments, CDRH associate director for international affairs Kimberly Trautman describes efforts to develop a single audit program for medical devices, acceptable across multiple jurisdictions.
Keynoting the Food & Drug Law Institute’s 2013 annual conference, FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg says she’s “enormously troubled” by the fact that “the agency’s responsibilities outstrip its resources” as a result of long-standing budgetary constraints.
Federal Register Notice: FDA releases a draft guidance, Safety Considerations for Container Labels and Carton Labeling Design to Minimize Medication Errors.
A Washington Legal Foundation paper examines recent First Amendment-related court decisions that have opened the door to increased state tort product liability lawsuits.
FDA clears an Andrew Technologies 510(k) for its Autologous Fat Transfer procedure that reinjects adipose tissue (fat) harvested during a HydraSolve liposuction procedure into the same patient for rejuvenation or augmentation.
Federal Register Notice: FDA seeks comments on a proposed collection of information on the regulations that provide protection for human subjects of clinical trials.