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December 22, 2016, Covington Alert
On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed H.R. 34, the 21st Century Cures Act, which became Public Law No. 114-255 (“the Act”). Its enactment represents the culmination of a multi-year bipartisan legislative process spearheaded on the House side by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, and Rep. Diana DeGette and on the Senate side by Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray. The Act amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) and Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”), among other laws, with the aim of accelerating the discovery, development, and delivery of new medicines and medical technologies. This alert summarizes Title III of the Act on drug and device development.
December 6, 2016, Covington Alert
On November 8, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance titled Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers (“Final Guidance”). The guidance explains and clarifies FDA’s interpretations of its regulations under 21 C.F.R. Part 803 for adverse event and malfunction reporting and recordkeeping for manufacturers. On November 30, 2016, FDA explained its reasoning behind certain provisions in the Final Guidance through a webinar. The Final Guidance supersedes the Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers final guidance published in March 1997, and replaces FDA’s draft guidance on Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers (“Draft Guidance”) published on July 9, 2013. Following the release of the Draft Guidance, FDA received 33 comments from various stakeholders.
July 30, 2013, Covington E-Alert