Medical Devices

22
May

WHY YOUR QUALITY CULTURE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER

Nothing is normal these days.   We’ve learned to be creative in everything we do during this crisis, from where and how we work, to finding scarce resources in both our work and personal lives.  Rules have changed to accommodate circumstances, and expectations have been colored by those changes.  Take for example FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization […]

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21
May

List of Firms That Have Removed COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests

Most of the diagnostic tests that are currently being marketed for detecting COVID-19 are subject to emergency use authorizations (EUAs).  Today, the FDA published a listing of commercial manufacturers of serological tests who had previously provided notification to FDA under the policy outlined in Section IV.D of the Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests but have […]

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27
Apr

FDA Launches Webpage on COVID-19-Related Guidance Documents for Industry, FDA Staff, and Other Stakeholders

FDA recently launched a comprehensive listing of COVID-19 related guidance documents, which can be found here.  Tracking all COVID 19 related documents can be daunting, as the content is being issued at a fast and furious rate, and this website will make that task a little less onerous. The list is filterable, sortable, and can […]

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27
Apr

Lachman COVID-19 Survey Provides Interesting Insights

Lachman Consultants recently conducted a survey of professionals working in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and other regulated sectors related to the greater life sciences industry with the goal of taking the “pulse” of the overall organizational and industry impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the survey can be found here. A few […]

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21
Apr

Sci-Fi to Reality!

Science fiction has always been the white board for technological innovation.  Think of all the books and/or movies you have digested.  How many times have you said, “well, that will never happen?” And looking back, how many futuristic concepts have eventually become reality?  More than you may realize. Let me give you a few fun […]

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07
Apr

Regulatory Intelligence

How do companies keep up with the rapidly changing world of drug and device regulations?  Some companies have entire departments dedicated to these efforts.  Other companies have people doing it part-time, perhaps as an add-on to their primary jobs.  Some companies may not pay attention at all. Lachman offers a solution to this.  We develop […]

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07
Apr

In Case You Did Not Know – Lachman Consultants Offers Remote Training Options

Training of employees remains a hallmark of the industry’s ability to deliver high quality medicines, devices, and diagnostics.  Training is a crucial activity, now, more than ever, in this rapidly changing environment. During this period of social distancing, when the experts cannot travel to your site to perform training, that does not mean that this […]

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21
Mar

ADE Relief During Pandemic – But Only if You Need It!

The guidances related to this COVID 19 pandemic (and I guess in preparation for the next one) are flying off the printers at the Agency.  The FDA issued this Guidance directly with no public comment on March 20, 2020.  It takes into consideration the potential impact of the pandemic on staffing level that may interfere […]

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20
Mar

COVID-19 Guidances to Bypass Initial Public Comment Period

In a prepublication notice in the Federal Register published today (here), the FDA indicates that, since the COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in the declaration of a public health emergency by the President, and, through the regulatory authority given to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the FDA will expedite important guidance on COVID […]

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11
Feb
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FDA Provides Valuable Guidance on Bridge-Building for Combination Products

Three of FDA’s Centers (CDER, CBER, and CDRH) recently published a combined draft guidance for Industry entitled Bridging for Drug-Device and Biologic-Device Combination Products  (here).  This draft guidance provides the FDA’s current thinking on what manufacturers should consider when they wish to bridge the data from one such combination product to another combination product during […]

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