Warning Letter Roundup & Recap – Feb. 19, 2019
Executive Summary
A Beverly Hills doctor was slapped with a US FDA warning letter for quality systems, Medical Device Reporting and pre-market issues related to a device used during breast augmentation procedures, and an Oyster Bay, NY, specification developer of the Better Bladder device was instructed by the agency to hire a consultant to help fix its quality systems issues. Two other missives were released this week – the first device-related warning letters posted online by FDA since early December 2018.
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