It has come to EAS’s attention that there is significant confusion regarding the exemption of Class 1 Medical Device products to comply with the 21 CFR 801.20 requirement for the label of a medical device to bear a unique device identifier. Per 21 CFR 801.30 A class I device that FDA has by regulation exempted from the good manufacturing practice requirements found at 21 CFR 801.20 is not required to comply with the UDI label requirement. You can check the FDA’s Medical Device Exemptions 510(k) and GMP Requirements webpage for more specific information to determine if your product is indeed exempt. All other Class I devices will be required to bear the UDI number on the packaging/device beginning no later than September 24, 2020. If you have questions on UDI requirements, please contact EAS.
Guidance Document updates on the FDA website
Immediately in effect Guidance Document
Compliance Policy for Combination Product Postmarketing Safety Reporting: This guidance document is intended to assist Combination Product Applicants who are subject to the Combination Product Postmarketing Safety Reporting Final Rule issued on December 20, 2016, and codified in 21 CFR Part 4, Subpart B. This guidance document discusses FDA’s compliance policy for the rule. The Federal Registernotification can be found at this link.
CDER & CBER
Bispecific Antibody Development Programs: This guidance provides recommendations to assist industry and other parties involved in the development of bispecific antibodies. This guidance does not discuss development considerations for other multitarget therapies that are combinations of monoclonal antibodies or are antibody cocktails or polyclonal antibodies. Although this guidance is specific to bispecific antibodies, the principles discussed in this guidance may also be applicable to the development of other types of bispecific protein products.
This guidance focuses on general regulatory and scientific considerations for bispecific antibodies, not on development of a particular bispecific antibody. Industry and other stakeholders are encouraged to engage FDA to discuss their individual bispecific antibody development program.
REMS: FDA’s Application of Statutory Factors in Determining When a REMS Is Necessary: This guidance is intended to clarify how the FDA applies the factors set forth in section 505-1 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 355-1) in determining whether a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) is necessary to ensure that the benefits of a drug outweigh its risks.
CDER, CDRH & CBER
Guidance for Industry Pharmacogenomic Data Submissions: This guidance is intended to facilitate scientific progress in the field of pharmacogenomics and to facilitate the use of pharmacogenomic data in drug development.
CDRH
Technical Considerations for Non-Clinical Assessment of Medical Devices containing Nitinol: The 25 purpose of this draft guidance is to outline technical considerations associated with medical devices that have at least one patient contacting component comprised of nitinol. Due to the unique properties of nitinol, the Agency has developed this draft guidance to provide FDA’s current thinking on technical considerations specific to devices using nitinol. These recommendations are intended to be general and not product-specific and should be evaluated in conjunction with the intended use and technological characteristics of your device and any relevant device-specific guidances.
Technical Performance Assessment of Quantitative Imaging in Device Premarket Submissions: This draft guidance document is applicable to all devices that generate quantitative imaging values across the information, a wide range of imaging modalities, intended uses, levels of automation, and complexity of algorithms. This guidance document provides FDA’s recommendations on technical performance assessment, and user information that should be included in a premarket submission for devices that include quantitative imaging functions.
Class II Special Controls Guideline: In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for Bacillus spp. Detection: Guideline for Industry and FDA staff. This special controls guideline was developed to establish special controls for in vitro diagnostic devices for Bacillus species (spp.) detection. This guideline identifies measures that FDA believes are necessary to mitigate the risks to health associated with devices of this type and provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness. Following the effective date of the final rule classifying the device,1 manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic devices for Bacillusspp. detection2 will need either to (1) comply with the particular mitigation measures set forth in the special controls guideline or (2) use alternative mitigation measures, which demonstrate to the Agency’s satisfaction that those alternative measures identified by the firm will provide at least an equivalent assurance of safety and effectiveness.
Surgical Staplers and Staples for Internal Use – Labeling Recommendations: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this guidance to provide labeling recommendations for surgical staplers and staples for internal use. These labeling recommendations are being issued because malfunctions and misuse associated with these devices have resulted in serious adverse events, including deaths.
DCRH & CBER
Review and Update of Device Establishment Inspection Processes and Standards: FDA is issuing this draft guidance to comply with section 702(b)(1) of the FDA Reauthorization 77 Act of 2017 (FDARA) (Public Law 115-52), which directs FDA to issue draft guidance that specifies how the Agency will implement uniform processes and standards that are applicable to inspections (other than for-cause) of foreign and domestic medical device establishments. FDA updated processes and standards as needed, to address the new provisions in section 704(h)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) that were added by FDARA section 702(a), and to establish a standard timeframe for inspections. This draft guidance also describes standardized methods of communication during the inspection process, and identifies practices for investigators and device establishments to facilitate the continuity of inspections of such establishments.
CVM
#120 Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation Questions and Answers (Revised)
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