The FDA is proposing to update standards it uses to review premarket applications for new medical devices, including changes in intraocular lens guidelines and endurance testing for total hip joint implants, according to an agency report.
While a recent FDA-commissioned report by the Institute of Medicine proposes scrapping the review standards and starting fresh, the modifications suggest the agency prefers keeping the standards and tweaking them.
The new proposed standards, reported in the Federal Register, would be used to support 510(k) applications by demonstrating "reasonable assurance of safety and/or effectiveness for many applicable aspects of medical devices."
Read the Federal Register notice on proposed FDA modifications for reviewing device applications.
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