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FDA Denies Pfizer Petition on Premarin Generics

FDA denies an 8/2018 Pfizer petition urging it to tighten bioequivalence requirements for any ANDA submitter seeking to gain approval for generic copi...

Human Drugs

Masimo Respiration Rate Measurement Added to Oximeter

FDA clears a Masimo 510(k) for the measurement of respiration rate from the pleth on the MightySat Rx spot-check fingertip pulse oximeter, as well as ...

Medical Devices

AbbVies Imbruvica Expanded Use Approved

FDA approves an expanded use for AbbVies Imbruvica (ibrutinib) combination use with Gazyva (obinutuzumab) for adult patients with previously untreate...

Medical Devices

Record Device Approvals in 2018; New Regulatory Efforts Underway

CDRH says it approved a record 106 novel devices, eclipsing the 40-year record it set in 2017 when 99 such devices were approved.

Human Drugs

FDA Triaging Backlog; Prepares for Flood of Submissions

A welcome back email from CDER director Janet Woodcock tells employees returning to work from the just-ended partial government shutdown to pick up th...

FDA General

Product Approval Summaries

FDA Review posts product approval summaries for the week ending 1/25/2019.

Medical Devices

Centerline Biomedical 510(k) for Surgical Positioning System

Centerline Biomedical files a 510(k) for the Intra-Operative Positioning System, a non-radiation-based surgical navigation system.

Medical Devices

Draeger Medical Recall of Ventilator Components

Draeger Medical recalls (Class 1) its VentStar and ID Breathing Circuits and Anesthesia Sets manufactured 1/2016 to 11/2018 due to incorrect assembly ...

Human Drugs

FDA Updated Drug Safety Alert on Heart Drugs

FDA downplays earlier safety concerns about some generic versions of angiotensin II receptor blocker medicines that contain nitrosamine impurities, wh...

Medical Devices

FDA Clears Zimmer Biomet Robotic Knee System

FDA clears a Zimmer Biomet Holdings 510(k) for the Rosa Knee System for robotically-assisted total knee replacement surgeries.