Transparency and Dermatologic Device Approval by the US Food and Drug Administration
Author(s) -
Harib Ezaldein,
Jeffrey F. Scott,
Emily S. Yin,
Alessandra Ventura,
Nicholaas P. DeRuyter,
David J. Leffell
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 2168-6084
pISSN - 2168-6068
DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.5757
Subject(s) - medicine , food and drug administration , vetting , medical emergency , law , political science
The US Food and Drug Administration approves Class III medical devices via the premarket approval pathway, often requiring clinical data on safety and efficacy. Manufacturers can submit incremental device changes via supplemental applications, which are not subjected to such vetting measures and can cause understudied changes that lead to drift from a device's original design.
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