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Medical Device Update: FDA Issues Final Guidance on 510(k) Determinations, Use of “Split” Predicates Strongly Discouraged

by  M. Elizabeth Bierman and Michele L. Buenafe for Morgan Lewis

Commentary on FDA's final guidance titled The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notification [510(k)] which states a single primary predicate is needed for a 510(k) submission, as well as no longer allowing "...

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in 510(k) Submissions

by Ropes & Gray

Commentary on FDA's final guidance titled The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notification [510(k)] which states a single primary predicate is needed for a 510(k) submission, as well as no longer allowing "split predicate" 510(k) submissions. Excerpts from this commentary stated the following:

--Designation of a “primary...

kBLASTER database update August 2014--Find your primary predicate for a successful 510(k) submission fast

The kBLASTER database has been updated today with summaries for 510(k)s cleared in July 2014, as well as FDA splash pages from 510(k)s cleared in August 2014. If you have Saved Searches in your kBLASTER account that meet the parameters of today's imports into the kBLASTER database, you will shortly be seeing blue notification flags in your active kBLASTER account on those Saved Searches, as well as Alert email(s).  With more than 58,000 510(k) summaries to choose from, including more than 76,000 splash pages, find your best single primary predicate fast, saving you time and money...

Medtech insiders respond to FDA's 510(k) split-predicate ban

by Arezu Sarvestani for Mass Device

Commentary on FDA's final guidance titled The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notification [510(k)] which states a single primary predicate is needed for a 510(k) submission, as well as no longer allowing "split predicate" 510(k) submissions. Excerpts from this commentary stated the following:

...The "split predicate"...

FDA Issues Guidance on 'Substantial Equivalence' Process Used to Bring Devices to Market

by Alex Gaffney, RAC, for RAPS Regulatory News Focus

Commentary on FDA's final guidance titled The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notification [510(k)]. Excerpts from this commentary stated the following:

...companies would rely on "a single predicate" for a finding of substantial equivalence (or SE), FDA said. The rest would simply bolster an application's...

FDA issues "How to find and effectively use Predicate Devices" which states primary predicate is a must

An update was posted by the FDA on "How to find and effectively use Predicate Devices". This update stated that "Manufacturers must identify a primary predicate device which is most similar to the device under review with respect to indications for use and technological characteristics" and that "the use of split predicates is inconsistent with the 510(k) regulatory standard"....

FInal Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff - The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notifications [510(k)]

Final guidance was published by FDA on July 28, 2014 titled The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket Notification [510(k)]. This guidance recommends the identification of a single primary predicate in all 510(k) submissions and has ruled that the use of "split predicates as inconsistent with the 510(k) regulatory standard". Multiple predicates are still allowed, but each predicate used must have identical...

kBLASTER database update July 2014--Find your primary predicate for a successful 510(k) submission fast

The kBLASTER database has been updated today with summaries for 510(k)s cleared in April, May and June 2014, as well as FDA splash pages from 510(k)s cleared in April-July 2014. If you have Saved Searches in your kBLASTER account that meet the parameters of today's imports into the kBLASTER database, you will shortly be seeing blue notification flags in your active kBLASTER account on those Saved Searches, as well as Alert email(s). With more than 58,000 510(k) summaries to choose from, including more than 76,000 splash pages, find your best single primary predicate fast, saving...

kBLASTER database update April 2014--Find your primary predicate for a successful 510(k) submission fast

The kBLASTER database has been updated today with summaries for 510(k)s cleared in January, February and March 2014, as well as FDA splash pages from 510(k)s cleared in January-April 2014. If you have Saved Searches in your kBLASTER account that meet the parameters of today's imports into the kBLASTER database, you will shortly be seeing blue notification flags in your active kBLASTER account on those Saved Searches, as well as Alert email(s). 

With more than 58,000 510(k) summaries to choose from, including more than 76,000 splash pages, find your best single primary...

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