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Zdrowie i gospodarka · 25.07.2001

Medical Devices; A Pilot Program to Evaluate a Proposed Globally Harmonized Alternative for Premarket Procedures; Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff; Availability

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "A Pilot Program to Evaluate a Proposed Globally Harmonized Alternative for Premarket Procedures." This draft guidance is intended to assist the medical device industry and FDA staff in implementing a pilot premarket review program that may reduce some of the burden on manufacturers associated with current conflicting format and content requirements in different countries. The proposed pilot program will evaluate the utility of two documents created by the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF), Study Group 1 (SG1), entitled "Summary Technical Documentation for Demonstrating Conformity to the Essential Principles of Safety and Performance of Medical Devices (STED)" and "Essential Principles of Safety and Performance of Medical Devices" (Essential Principles). The GHTF is a voluntary group of representatives from national medical device regulatory authorities and the regulated industry. This guidance is neither final nor is it in effect at this time.

Source: Federal Register — Food and Drug AdministrationOpen original release →