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MonkeyPox Declared as Public Health Emergency Medical Device companies Should Begin Preparing Now for EUA Submissions
The Biden administration has declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency in the United States. This is going to likely result in emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for medical products to diagnose and perhaps even reduce the symptoms related to the spreading...
FDA has Revoked Three EUAs for Medical Devices that Detect/ Diagnosis COVID-19
In July and August of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the revocation of the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for Gravity Diagnostics, LLC for the Gravity Diagnostics COVID-19 Assay, Materials and Machines Corporation of America for the...
Registration Season is Coming! FDA has announced the Medical Device User Fees for Fiscal Year 2022
FDA has officially announced the updated medical device fees for the 2022 fiscal year (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022). All medical device manufacturers, importers, and distributors must pay an annual establishment registration fee to FDA. Please do not wait...
DOJ Charges Manufacturer for Exporting Misbranded Masks
On June 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a Chinese manufacturer with exporting misbranded face masks, purported to be N95 respirators. The criminal complaint against King Year Printing and Packaging Co., Ltd. includes numerous allegations that it...
Shortages of PPE, Cloth Face Coverings, Disinfectants and Sanitation Supplies: New Recommendations by FDA and USDA
On May 22, 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced their recommendations to deal with shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic for cloth face coverings, sanitation supplies, disinfectants and personal...
New EUA Requirements for Serology Tests
On May 5th, the FDA added a very significant new requirement for commercial manufacturers of COVID-19 serology tests that are currently on FDA’s so-called “section IV.D list”: Submit a complete Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Request to FDA before Monday, May 18,...
Warning about Face Mask Imports
Update 6/10/2020 On June 6, 2020, the FDA made several changes to EUAs for certain N95 respirators and Non-NIOSH-Approved Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators. FDA issued EUAs for products used to decontaminate certain N95 respirators for multiple-user reuse by...
FDA Expands EUA to Include more Imported Disposable Face Masks
Update 06/10/2020 On June 6, 2020, the FDA made several changes to EUAs for certain N95 respirators and Non-NIOSH-Approved Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators. FDA issued EUAs for products used to decontaminate certain N95 respirators for multiple-user reuse by...
Bringing Face Masks to Market
Update 06/10/2020 On June 6, 2020, the FDA made several changes to EUAs for certain N95 respirators and Non-NIOSH-Approved Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators. FDA issued EUAs for products used to decontaminate certain N95 respirators for multiple-user reuse by...