Medical Devices

09
Apr

The Ever-Evolving World of Combination Products

Ricki A. Chase, M.S, Lachman Consultants, wrote a recent article for Contract Pharma looking at the benefits and challenges of the trend towards combination products. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: “As the life sciences industries have continued to evolve, the need for ever changing nomenclature has evolved along with it. It was […]

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25
Feb

Wrapping Up Medical Device Week

The week of February 1, 2021, Lachman Consultants held their inaugural Medical Device Week: A Lachman Learning Experience™. The week combined blogs and a webinar that touched on several different topics involving AI and diagnostics, data governance, SDLC infrastructure, change control, cybersecurity, as well as organizational maturity. Despite the name of the week, many of […]

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05
Feb

Cybersecurity Must Be Offensively Proactive to Protect Your Assets

Interoperability in healthcare has been discussed for decades and is one the greatest challenges to be overcome in medicine.  Not only because technical barriers exist, but because physicians practice medicine and research continue to push the boundaries, creating new terms to be defined and understood.  In addition, the rate of this is accelerating (witness the […]

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04
Feb

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel – Use Your SDLC Infrastructure to Manage Product Change Control

What engineer enjoys writing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) documents, such as a Software Requirements Specification or SFMEA?  I have yet to meet one that has the passion to sit and document the requirements. While there are numerous purposes and reasons for documenting the requirements, the greatest value is in the process that leads up […]

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02
Feb

Medical Device and Drug Development and Manufacturing Data Governance in the Information Age

It is not uncommon for organizations to have different IT systems for regulatory, product, and organizational information.  Segregating the data, such as the QMS gate reviews, complaints, and adverse event reporting, from the product sales quota and organizational growth projections and actuals keeps regulatory auditors to the task at hand – inspecting the Quality Management […]

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01
Feb

Using AI to Modernize Diagnostic Tools

Machine Learning (aka Artificial Intelligence) has put a spotlight on the importance of algorithms.  While the term algorithm is ancient, meaning “a process or set of rules to be followed in problem-solving operations,” the modern use within refers to the complex way that the software behaves. Before broad adoption of Machine Learning in other industries, […]

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26
Jan

Webinar on FDA Incentives Features Compliance Expert

Next Wednesday’s free webinar from Lachman, “FDA Incentivizing Organizational Maturity to Drive Product Quality,” will be hosted by Lachman’s Vizma Carver, M.S. In this 90-minute session, she will dive in on the FDAs efforts to utilize incentives to drive product quality. As someone who used to work at the FDA, Ms. Carver is uniquely positioned […]

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22
Jan

MEDICAL DEVICE WEEK – A LACHMAN LEARNING EXPERIENCE – FEATURES WEBINAR ON FDA QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

The FDA is focused on evolving the medical device industry, ensuring safety, and enhancing quality among all manufacturers. Their goals are being met in part through two incentive programs – the Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s (CDRH) Case for Quality Voluntary Improvement Program (CFQ VIP) and the Center for Drug and Evaluation Research’s (CDER) […]

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08
Dec

A Virtual Solution: Lachman Consultants’ Webinar Details Top Strategies & Tools for Remote Auditing and FDA Inspection Preparation

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced organizations worldwide to adjust current business goals and objectives drastically. One priority that hasn’t changed for companies regulated by the FDA is inspection preparedness and compliance. Although this process typically requires working on-site with qualified third-party experts, auditing for FDA inspection preparedness can now occur over a remote connection as […]

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