Device Manufacturers to Include Information on Pediatric Populations
Topic: FDA News and Approvals
Author: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Published: 2010/03/31
Contents: Summary - Introduction - Main - Related
Synopsis: Requirement that device manufacturers provide readily available information in certain premarket applications on pediatric patients.
Introduction
FDA Requires Device Manufacturers to Include Information on Pediatric Populations.Main Digest
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will begin implementing a requirement that device manufacturers provide readily available information in certain premarket applications on pediatric patients who suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure, even if the device is intended for adult use.
Very few devices are developed or assessed specifically for use in pediatric patients, those 21 or younger at the time of treatment or diagnosis. This effort will provide a better understanding of which devices developed for use in adults should be assessed or modified for use in pediatric populations. The requirements, contained in the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, will also improve the agency's ability to track the number of approved devices for which there is a pediatric subpopulation who could benefit and the number of approved devices labeled for use in pediatric patients.
"This requirement allows the agency to collect information that will help us better assess public health needs for medical devices that can be used for pediatric populations," said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Under the 2007 legislation, manufacturers must provide certain pediatric information, if readily available, with each premarket approval application or supplement, humanitarian device exemption request, or product development protocol. Manufacturers now must include a description of any pediatric subpopulations that suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure. Manufacturers also must include the number of affected pediatric patients.
If the manufacturer does not submit such information, the FDA may not approve the application until the required information is provided.
For more information
FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health - Pediatric Medical Devices
www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ucm135104.htm
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/FederalFoodDrugandCosmeticActFDCAct/SignificantAmendmentstotheFDCAct/FoodandDrugAdministrationAmendmentsActof2007/default.htm
April 1, 2010 Federal Register notice
www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-07193_PI.pdf
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