FDA Issues Final Ruling on Symbols in Device Labeling

According to Healthcare Packaging, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s final rule on the ‘Use of Symbols in Labeling’ allows for the use of stand-alone symbols in medical device labeling, without adjacent explanatory text.  The agency says the...

ICYMI: Hospital Cybersecurity: It Takes Practice

According to an article from CNBC, “Cambridge Health Alliance is one of many hospitals that has embraced health-care technology to improve patient care. Still, for doctors and nurses in this hospital network outside Boston, worrying about security when they...

A Blueprint for More U.S. Early Feasibility Studies

According to MDDIonline.com, “A public-private partnership has put forth a draft blueprint intended to give medical device companies a helping hand in planning and conducting early feasibility studies (EFS) in the United States.  Ensuring that medical device...

ICYMI: UPDATE 1-Medtronic’s Wireless Pacemaker Wins U.S FDA Nod

According to Reuters, “Medtronic Plc’s wireless pacemaker was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, making it the first pacemaker in the United States that does not need wired leads to correct slow heart rates.”  For more...