FDA UPDATE What FDA Inspectors Are Actually Checking Under the New QMSR — mdi’s First-Hand Findings The FDA’s QMSR replaced the old QSR on February 2, 2026 — and if your quality system documents still reference 21 CFR Part 820 sections instead of ISO 13485 clauses, your next FDA inspection will expose that gap immediately.
FDA UPDATE Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) FY2026 – !Exciting News for Small Businesses! The FDA has officially released the Medical Device User Fees for FY2026, and there’s great news for small business firms! For the first time ever, the FDA is offering a waiver for the Annual Establishment Registration Fee—a huge win for
FDA Update – June 25, 2025 Import Alerts for Certain Olympus Medical Devices Manufactured in Japan – Letter to Health Care Providers We are seeing more and more regulatory actions against foreign companies because of lack of FDA QSR compliance. When a company has a violative inspection, and the FDA does not accept their corrective
FDA Update The Safety of Syringes Imported into the US Called into Question As: The FDA Sends Two Warning Letters after Inspecting Chinese Syringe Manufacturers The FDA named companies Jiangsu Shenli and Jiangsu Caina as targets of its investigation into the safety of plastic syringes made in China in March. The agency had not completed
FDA Update The FDA is Seeking Public Comments CDRH Seeks Public Comment: Increasing Patient Access to At-Home Use Medical Technologies The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) seeks input from the public, particularly patients, patient advocacy organizations, health care providers, consumers, the medical device industry, clinical researchers, and
We want to keep everyone updated on the FDA EUA situation and for which devices they have discontinued the EUAs. We knew that the EUA was only temporary under the emergency COVID situation and now the FDA is starting to cut back on the EUAs as they have more supplies available to the marketplace via
Hearing Aid – OTC For those with mild to moderate hearing loss the day may be close when hearing aids are available over the counter… The FDA Issues Proposed Rule for Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids and Draft Guidance for Regulatory Requirements for Hearing Aid Devices and Personal Sound Amplification Products Hearing loss affects an estimated
No Surprise – Effective October 1, 2021 FDA User Fees Will Increase These fees will be effective through September 30, 2022. Fortunately, the increases will not be too large for FY2022. The FDA annual registration fee for each establishment is $5,672 (in United States dollars) up from the $5546 of 2021. As previously, there are
These days, it often seems the main struggle for medical device companies is not earning FDA regulatory approval, but rather, securing reimbursement and payment from CMS and private payers. Here are some tips for you to consider. First, develop a reimbursement strategy early on in your product’s development by receiving recommendations from a consulting reimbursement
What Medical Device Companies Need to Know The path to medical device commercialization in the U.S. is long and complex with many hurdles. The two most significant challenges are obtaining FDA approval and positive coverage decisions from payers. The most important players in these coverage decisions are Medicare and large commercial insurers, such as Aetna,
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