A federal court rules that FDA acted properly and within its statutory authority when it reclassified ReGen Biologics Menaflex knee repair device and rescinded the company’s 510(k).
On the eve of FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg appearing before a Congressional hearing to answer questions on the agency’s oversight of drug compounding pharmacies, the agency issues a safety alert on sterile drug products made by two pharmacy compounders.
Recent FDA investigations at 31 high-volume, mechanized “compounding pharmacies” producing sterile drugs in 18 states find “inappropriate conditions for sterile processing and other practices that create risk of contamination.”
FDA finalizes a guidance on medical device classification product codes that are used to assist in accurate identification and tracking of current medical devices.
A new International Conference on Harmonization guidance provides a “practical framework” that can be applied for the identification, categorization, qualification, and control of mutagenic impurities.
FDA classifies a Stryker Corp. recall as Class 1 for its ShapeMatch Cutting Guides indicated to assist in positioning total knee replacement components during surgery, because of possibility of manufacturing error.