UDI Extensions: Convenience Kits, Repackaged Devices, Combo Products

 
• By David Filmore

Just a little more than two weeks before the next Unique Device Identification compliance date, US FDA has granted two-year extensions to three product categories that raise particular complications for UDI labeling.

[This story was updated Sept. 7, 2016, to make clear that the select product categories will have a two-year, rather than one-year, extension for UDI compliance from the upcoming Sept. 24, 2016, deadline.]

The next big Unique Device Identification compliance date in the US is coming fast, but some specific types of products...

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