On June 29, 2026, FDA announced the selection of seven companies to participate in the FDA PreCheck Pilot Program, a new initiative intended to advance U.S. drug manufacturing and improve regulatory predictability for new domestic [...]

On May 29, 2026, FDA issued its final guidance, “Content of Human Factors Information in Medical Device Marketing Submissions.” The guidance provides a risk-based framework for determining what human factors information should be documented and [...]

Combination products don’t usually fail because the science is weak, they fail because teams hit avoidable friction: the wrong lead center, unclear expectations across centers, duplicated information, and quality system gaps that surface late. Two [...]

On February 18, 2026, FDA leadership signaled a major shift in how effectiveness is demonstrated for most drugs: the default expectation will be one adequate and well-controlled pivotal study, paired with confirmatory evidence, rather than [...]

FDA closed out 2025 - and opened the door to 2026 - with a clear signal to digital health and medical device sponsors: real-world performance of digital technologies is no longer a future consideration, it’s [...]

FDA closed out 2025 with a meaningful update for device sponsors: the final guidance, “Use of Real-World Evidence (RWE) to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices,” issued December 18, 2025, which supersedes the prior 2017 [...]