Healthline

The FDA Development and Approval Process for Medications and Medical Devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) development and approval process for drugs and medical devices involves multiple phases that ensure the safety and effectiveness of products before and after ...
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USAMRDC Medical Technology Transfer office wins award for commercialization process

FORT DETRICK, Md. – A process developed by the Medical Research and Development Command’s Medical Technology Transfer Office to help inventors ensure their biomedical technologies are ready for ...
Flying

The Process of Obtaining a Medical Certificate

The author, an armless pilot, is pursuing a third-class medical certificate to fly a custom-built airplane, "The Impossible Airplane," which doesn't qualify under light sport rules. Securing the ...
Fast Company

Medical device recalls are shockingly slow and ineffective. A startup says it has a better way

The current state of medical device recalls is painful to behold. Once a manufacturer issues a recall, it can take an average of two months just for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish ...
Machine Design

Patented Laser Welding Process Enables Closed-Loop Medical Device Recycling and Reduced Waste

Device makers are taking increased interest in product designs and assembly that support closed-loop recycling. A Branson plastic welding process can safely and nondestructively “unweld” plastics used ...
Colorado Public Radio

Who will make your medical decisions if you can’t? And Colorado’s ‘unusual’ approach makes planning important. One CU doctor has advice

In Colorado, if you are critically ill and can't make medical decisions for yourself, no one can automatically step in to do so - not even your spouse or adult children. That state law makes advanced ...