To mesh with a final order reclassifying medical-image analyzers, the US agency has also published a final guidance on computer-assisted detection (CADe) devices that was first finalized more than six years ago.
US regulators have updated a guidance that details what software developers should consider when developing products used to detect anomalies in medical imaging, in response to an upcoming new order reclassifying medical-image analyzers.
The US Food and Drug Administration on 21 January republished its guidance on clinical performance for computer-assisted detection (CADe) devices...
Despite a surge in product recalls across five key industries in the first quarter of the year, medical device recalls were down, according to Sedgwick’s latest recall index. But the firm noted they’ve since ticked up.
A late-August batch of device classifications from the US FDA includes genetic tests from 23andMe, hand-held spinal surgery tools, and several IVDs.
Combination products are no longer fringe – they are the “new normal,” consultant Stephen O’Rourke told Medtech Insight. The EU has the expertise to handle the regulatory complexity, but only if connects the dots between silos. That’s the challenge, he said, and the opportunity.
The UK device regulator wants to align health institution device exemptions with its evolving policy of agile regulation of medtech in the British market. It asks stakeholders to complete a survey by Sept. 15.
Despite a surge in product recalls across five key industries in the first quarter of the year, medical device recalls were down, according to Sedgwick’s latest recall index. But the firm noted they’ve since ticked up.
Signos links users to Dexcom’s Stelo for glucose readings and historic trends. The app is available in iOS and Android from the firm’s website, where it’s priced at $139 for three-month plan and $129 for a two-month plan, or online app stores.
IQWiG, Germany’s health technology assessment body, is making contingency plans in case key US resources it relies on for information retrieval, when conducting benefit assessments of new medicines, become unavailable.
