Meeting Notice: September 20-21, 2016 General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, Establishment of a Public Docket, Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2016-N-2147] General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, Establishment of a Public Docket, Request for Comments AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION:  Notice, establishment of a public docket, request for comments. SUMMARY:  The Food…

0.25 Percent Bupivacaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP by Hospira: Recall

[Posted 08/05/2016] AUDIENCE: Pharmacy, Risk Manager, OBGYN, Dentistry ISSUE: Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling one lot of 0.25% Bupivacaine Hydrochloride Injection, USP (NDC: 0409-1159-02, Lot 59-064- DK, Expiry 1NOV2017) at the hospital/retail level due to the presence of particulate matter within a single vial. In the event that the particulate is administered…

Announcing Two Draft Guidance Documents Clarifying When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device and FDA Webinar on August 25, 2016

Today the FDA released two draft guidance documents: “Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device,” which applies to medical device changes broadly, and “Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Software Change to an Existing Device,” which focuses on software-specific changes. Medical device technology is constantly evolving, and…

Emergency Use Authorizations

On February 26, 2016, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to authorize the emergency use of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Zika Immunoglobulin M (IgM) Antibody Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Zika MAC-ELISA) for the presumptive detection of Zika virus-specific IgM in human sera or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that is submitted alongside…