Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Investigational Device Exemptions for Early Feasibility Medical Device Clinical Studies, Including Certain First in Human Studies; Extension of Comment Period

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of Thursday, November, 10, 2011 (76 FR 70150). In the notice, FDA requested comments on the draft guidance that addresses the approaches FDA intends to facilitate early feasibility studies of medical devices, using appropriate risk mitigation strategies, under the investigational device exemption (IDE) requirements. The Agency is taking this action to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.