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Medical Devices and Privacy by Design: A Way to DPDPA Compliance in the Healthcare Sector

Introduction The healthcare sector in India is witnessing a change with the advancement of technology. The use of medical devices is not limited to wards and laboratories anymore....

‘Not an adjunct to the pharma industry’: Medical device representatives seek separate regulatory authority

In their letter to the Union Health Minister JP Nadda, they said, medical devices continue to be seen as “an adjunct to pharmaceuticals”, despite scientific, engineering and regula...

Poor-quality medical devices being sold in India, stronger finished-product testing needed, says Pharma Secretary

Calls for stronger testing of finished devices and a regulatory framework designed specifically for the sector

How CMS Is Tackling ‘Coverage Purgatory’ for Medical Devices

CMS unveiled new details of its new RAPID pathway, which is designed to close the gap between FDA approval and Medicare coverage for breakthrough medical devices. Industry reaction...

The Imperative of Distinguishing Medical-Grade Devices from Wellness Tech

Why the flood of consumer wellness devices demands clear boundaries between lifestyle improvement and clinical diagnostics The post The Imperative of Distinguishing Medical-Grade D...

RAPID Device Coverage: A Narrow Bridge Over Medicare’s Coverage Gap

By Jennifer D. Newberger & Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert —

Chinese medical device makers push into Europe as anti-corruption squeeze bites at home

Facing anti-corruption policies and profit squeezing at home, Chinese innovative medical device companies are accelerating their push into the European market despite mounting cros...

Medtronic recalls reflux monitoring device as 184 serious injuries linked to capsule

Medtronic is recalling certain esophageal pH monitoring capsule delivery devices amid risks of them failing whilst deployed.

This Device Could Prevent Lung Biopsy’s Most Common — and Costly — Complication

Selio Medical developed an FDA-cleared hydrogel device that seals CT-guided lung biopsy punctures before they can cause pneumothorax — a collapsed lung complication that affects up...

FDA Turns the Spotlight on Regulatory Science: What Medical Device Developers Need to Know

By Jennifer D. Newberger —

A Sensor for Every Symptom: FDA Puts $1.1 Million Behind Digital Health in Drug Trials

By Mary Bass & Jennifer D. Newberger —

CMS, FDA Propose RAPID Pathway for Medicare Coverage of Certain Medical Devices

Key Takeaways The proposed RAPID pathway would create a new voluntary CMS/FDA process for certain innovative medical devices, with the stated goals of expediting Medicare coverage...

Laser Marking Technologies, LLC Announces FDA-Compliant UDI Marking Solutions for Medical Device Manufacturers Navigatin...

A new FDA inspection standard is making Unique Device Identification marking accuracy an actively enforced requirement, and Laser Marking Technologies, LLC offers cost-conscious la...

News 7/15/26

Top News Connected health devices company Withings launches Withings Medical ...

Virtual e-health system VIRTUES shows overwhelmingly positive results for monitoring cardiac devices

The End of the Waiting Room? Virtual Monitoring of Pacemakers and Defibrillators Proves as Safe as Clinic Visits — and Cheaper Every year, roughly 1.25 million people worldwide hav...

when care learns to play: how design is reshaping pediatric healthcare

from sailboat-inspired IV stands to paintable sensors, designers are rethinking everyday medical devices across pediatric healthcare. The post when care learns to play: how design...

Medical Device Regulatory Expert — Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. (Washington, D.C.)

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., the nation’s premier law firm dedicated exclusively to FDA and healthcare regulatory law, is seeking an experienced Medical Device Regulatory Ex...

FDA Formally Classifies Active Noise Attenuation Systems for Infant Incubators as Class II Devices

The regulatory action clears a pathway for future manufacturers to bring noise-canceling incubator systems to market through a less burdensome route.

From Code to Compliance: Decoding India’s Medical Device Software Guidance

Boston Scientific halts sales of angiographic catheters amid 2 serious injuries

Boston Scientific has told its customers to stop using its Imager II angiographic catheters upon learning that a manufacturing issue has impacted the tips of the devices.

The Art and Science of Woven Biomedical Textiles: From Open Surgery to Micro-Implants

By Amir Islam For decades, the medical device industry has relied on textiles to solve some of the human body’s most complex mechanical challenges. From vascular grafts replacing d...

Our medical devices regime is not fit for purpose

The Therapeutic Goods Administration’s oversight of medical devices is deeply flawed.

Meet Aletta: The first FDA approved robotic blood draw device

The FDA has approved Vitestro’s Aletta as the first standalone robotic device in the U.S. designed to draw blood without the need for hands-on human help.

FDA issues alert in wake of BD recall of faulty needle sets that caused 4 deaths

The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health issued an early alert for Becton Dickinson’s Intraosseous Vascular Access system needle sets in the wake of four deaths and 45...