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QMS 101: Medical Device Validation

Dot Compliance

When the product itself cannot be examined, process validation guarantees that the procedures used to make the device comply with FDA rules. From 2011 to 2015, the top FDA warning letter citation for design controls was design validation. Typically, validation is carried out by a series of tests and inspections.

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QMS 101: Medical Device Validation

Dot Compliance

When the product itself cannot be examined, process validation guarantees that the procedures used to make the device comply with FDA rules. From 2011 to 2015, the top FDA warning letter citation for design controls was design validation. Typically, validation is carried out by a series of tests and inspections.

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The Essentials of Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

Dot Compliance

To determine whether a particular software falls under the category of SaMD or whether it is considered a member of one of the three other subclasses, two questions must be answered: Does the software provide a direct medical benefit when used (correctly), and can it place the patient at risk if it is used incorrectly or malfunctions?

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

SQA

” The reason: The existing document of the EU GMP Guideline dates back to 2011 and no longer corresponds to the state of the art in various areas or does not consider increasingly important new technologies for the GMP field, according to the EMA. ” The requirements for providers (e.g.,

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5 Key Trends in Women’s Health Technology for 2023 to Watch

HIT Consultant

For example, only 3% of the 2,728 US digital health deals since 2011 have focused on women’s health. Education and conversation around women’s healthcare are evolving, however, women’s health technology is still, by far, an emerging industry.

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FDA Oversight of AI Software Developed by Health Care Providers

Health Law Advisor

But the question is, to what extent do health care providers need to worry about FDA requirements as they use AI? FDA has been regulating machine learning algorithms used in a clinical context for decades. It’s important to understand that FDA regulation isn’t punitive in the sense that it’s only intended to apply to bad people.

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Unpacking Averages: Device Inspection Citations That Frequently Precede Warning Letters

Health Law Advisor

We have just gone through an extraordinary two years where, in unprecedented fashion, FDA’s inspection process was essentially shut down. Further, from a warning letter standpoint, without inspection data, FDA focused in other compliance realms than it typically might. Just a short while ago FDA recommenced inspections.

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