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    • CDRH Finalizes Post-Market Cybersecurity GuidanceJanuary 4th, 2017

      Last week, FDA finalized the guidance document, “Postmarket Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices.” We previously blogged on the draft guidance released in early 2016 (here). The final guidance is similar to the draft issued in early 2016. There are, however, several noteworthy and significant edits. In …

    • CDRH Finalizes Benefit-Risk Factors in Making Compliance and Enforcement Decisions GuidanceDecember 29th, 2016

      In June 2016 CDRH released the draft guidance “Factors to Consider Regarding Benefit-Risk in Medical Device Product Availability, Compliance, Enforcement Decisions” (see our earlier post here). In the waning days of 2016, CDRH finalized the guidance. The final guidance is largely unchanged from the draft with …

    • FDA Finalizes Guidance for Notifying the Public of Emerging Postmarket Medical Device SignalsDecember 26th, 2016

      Approximately one year ago, on New Years Eve, FDA surprised the device industry with a draft guidance on emerging postmarket device signals (see our post on the draft guidance here). On December 14, FDA issued the final guidance document: Public Notification of Emerging Postmarket Device …