{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F5399d41b-808d-4482-a709-020cda8e4a02","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"CDRH Proposed Guidance for FY 2023\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/5399d41b-808d-4482-a709-020cda8e4a02\"></iframe>","title":"CDRH Proposed Guidance for FY 2023","description":"<p>What are the proposed CRDH guidelines for the 2023 fiscal year, and why do they matter? How should you be thinking about them? Today\u2019s episode covers the newly-released guidelines and addresses important questions about these guidelines specifically and about the practice of releasing these guidelines in general.</p><p>Today\u2019s conversation is with regular guest Mike Drues. Mike is President of Vascular Sciences, an education, training, and consulting company that offers many services to medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies. </p><p>In this episode, you\u2019ll hear what Mike has to say about what\u2019s on the FDA\u2019s A-list and B-list for the fiscal year 2023, what isn\u2019t on the list but perhaps should be, and what differences exist between draft guidelines and final guidelines.&nbsp;</p><h3>Some of the highlights of this episode include:</h3><ul><li>What the CDRH proposed guidelines for fiscal year 2023 are about and why it\u2019s important to think about them</li><li>Things that stick out on the FDA\u2019s A-list of guidelines</li><li>Items that are surprising or exciting on the A-list</li><li>What is on the FDA\u2019s B-list of guidelines</li><li>What\u2019s missing from the A-list or the B-list</li><li>How collective wisdom is shared across various organizations</li><li>Whether the FDA should be giving guidance to help companies get products to market</li><li>The difference between draft guidance and final guidance</li><li>Identifying changes between versions of guidelines</li><li>Whether you have to do something if it\u2019s in the guidelines</li></ul><h3>Memorable quotes from Mike Drues:</h3><p><em>\u201cNot to be too arrogant here, but I\u2019m very proud of the fact many of the things that I\u2019ve done in submissions over the years, whether it\u2019s with AI or BioComp or other kinds of testing has actually gone into guidance for the future.\u201d</em></p><p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s why there\u2019s a guidance document database, so you and I don\u2019t have to memorize such esoteric trivia.\u201d</em></p><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s really not FDA\u2019s job to help a company bring a product on the market.\u201d</em></p><p><em>\u201cAll guidance, indeed all regulation, is very evolutionary. It\u2019s a work in progress.\u201d</em></p><h3>Links:</h3><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldrues/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Drues LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products/cdrh-proposed-guidances-fiscal-year-2023-fy2023\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FDA Website: CDRH Proposed Guidance\u2019s for Fiscal Year 2023</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2022/10/fda-device-center-guidance-priority-lists-targets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RAPS Article: FDA device center guidance priority lists targets COVID, digital health (RAPS, 18 October 2022)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.greenlight.guru/academy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Greenlight Guru Academy</a></p><p><a href=\"https://community.greenlight.guru/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MedTech Excellence Community</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.greenlight.guru/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Greenlight Guru</a></p>","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dcc6a692-4188-4cc6-82a3-abe339e29882/805f66c8-5ed6-4ff6-9afb-a384f0136b0e.png"}