In September of 2018, the FDA took their first step to improve and modernize the process of a 510(k) electronic submission. This commitment was established as part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) that was enacted on July 9, 2012, amending the FD&C Act by adding section 745A. As part of this Act, a program called Electronic Submission Template and Resource or eSTAR was started as a pilot...
Read MoreMedical Device software continues to evolve and change as do FDA regulations. When it comes to the content of the software documentation requirements for a pre-market submission (510k), the FDA’s last issued guidance back in 2005. However, in November of 2021, FDA released a new and revised draft guidance document which substantially alters software requirements for 510k submissions by changing terms as well as increasing...
Read MoreIn 2011, Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist, stated “Software is Eating the World”. Ten years later, software development has accelerated and expanded industries that could not have been imagined a decade ago. Automated medical devices are central to this phenomenon and complex software programs with increasingly advanced algorithms are designed to operate with hardware in order to fulfill its intended use. These...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) primary responsibility is the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act that tasked the agency with protecting and promoting public health and authorized the “legality of an FDA inspection, conducted at a reasonable time, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner, depends not on consent but on the validity of statutory authority.” (Compliance Policy...
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In late 2019, the FDA introduced a new Safety and Performance Based Pathway which can potentially speed up the preparation and review process for certain submitters of pre-market notification medical device submissions. This optional pathway was created by the FDA to assist with well understood device types, in which a submitter references device specific guidance’s detailing the appropriate testing standards, as well as defined...
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