“A final guidance document issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to make medical devices used by patients in their homes safer and more reliable. Background In general, medical devices can be divided into two categories: Those intended to be used in professional settings by healthcare professionals, and those intended to be […]
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It’s Holiday Season. Complete Designated Rep & Exemptee Training Before Year End!
The holidays are coming! Don’t let your Exemptee training or Designated Representative training hang over your head going into November and December. Just get it done now, before: the kids get out of school you find yourself cooking in the kitchen shopping for the holidays Go to DREprof.com: The Designated Representative and Exemptee Training Website CA […]
Wishful Thinking?! Both Work Experience AND Training Are Required
This topic is coming up a lot lately. There appears to be confusion about whether work experience satisfies the training program requirement, or vice versa. In a nutshell, if you are applying for a California Designated Representative or Exemptee License, you’ll have to meet both the work experience requirement, and the training program requirement (i.e., completing […]
Industry groups take issue with guidance on outsourcing facilities
“GPhA says compounders and outsourcing facilities should abide by the same inspection criteria as other drug manufacturers. “Drug manufacturers with U.S-based facilities are required to be inspected by FDA at least every 24 months,” GPhA says. “Compounders producing sterile products should be held to similar standards.” Similarly, BIO disagrees with FDA’s proposed alternative approaches for […]
HDMA – Issues in Distribution: Pharmaceutical Traceability and the Drug Supply Chain Security Act
“The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA, or Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act) was enacted on November 27, 2013. The act replaces a 50-state patchwork of pedigree requirements with one federal traceability solution for prescription medicines, and raises licensure standards across the U.S. The law will transform how the domestic supply […]
Design Considerations for Devices Intended for Home Use – FDA Guidance
Read the full guidance: Design Considerations for Devices Intended for Home Use – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (PDF – 205KB) As stated in the guidance, “This guidance is intended to assist manufacturers in designing and developing home use devices that comply with applicable standards of safety and effectiveness and other […]