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The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (in German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte – BfArM) is the medical regulatory body in Germany. It operates under the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). It is headquartered in Bonn, Germany. [1] Its president is Karl Broich. [2]
The recall involves updating instructions for use rather than removing the device, POLARx Cryoablation Balloon Catheters, from where they are used or sold, the FDA said. The FDA said the use of ...
B axter International Inc. issued an urgent medical device recall for Life2000 ventilators that have an attached battery charger dongle on Wednesday, after the company received a report of a ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Class I recall, the agency's most serious, for the Medfusion syringe pump, the third major FDA recall for the line of devices made in Oakdale. Smiths ...
Medical device reporting (MDR) is the procedure for the Food and Drug Administration to get significant medical device adverse events information from manufacturers, importers and user facilities, so these issues can be detected and corrected quickly, and the same lot of that product may be recalled.
FDA's role under the guidelines is to monitor company recalls and assess the adequacy of a firm's action. After a recall is completed, FDA makes sure that the product is destroyed or suitably reconditioned and investigates why the product was defective. Generally, FDA accepts reports and other necessary recall information submitted by e-mail.
The medical device maker started the recall process on Dec. 27 last year and has recalled 66,390 devices in the United States. The recalled devices were distributed for two years until Oct. 10, 2023.
A drug recall removes a prescription or over-the-counter drug from the market. Drug recalls in the United States are made by the FDA or the creators of the drug when certain criteria are met. When a drug recall is made, the drug is removed from the market and potential legal action can be taken depending on the severity of the drug recall. [1]