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Could Self-Operated Assisted Suicide Devices Be Coming to a Town near You?

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FDA Approval. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which “ regulates the sale of medical device products (including diagnostic tests) in the U.S. ” Although it is questionable whether the FDA would ever approve the Sarco machine as a medical device, it turns out the FDA may not need to. .”

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R&D Mini-Me? New Legal Questions for Organoids

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In December 2022, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 formally ended the FDA’s 1938 mandate to use animal models and opened the doors for organoids to be used as a full replacement for animals in pre-clinical trials. Would they classify as a medical device or biologic under FDA guidelines, or perhaps as a combination product?

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