Parting Shots
IVD Roundtable 510(k) Workshop
Steven I. Gutman, MD, MBA
Director
Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety
[Powerpoint]
510(k) Workshop
- Product of the Industry IVD Round Table
- Good submissions are easy to review
- Good submissions are fast to review
- Bad submissions gum up the works
Clear Pathways
- Workshop
- Guidances
- Standards
- Articles
- Posting submissions
Three Kinds of Expertise
- Regulatory acumen
- Scientific acumen
- Statistical acumen
- In-house
- Contract
FDA
- Sound science
- Least burdensome
- Plain English
- Ask for the same
- Dont assume
Companies Can
- Do a good job
- Quality control their work
- Use correct expertise
Common Deficiencies
- Unclear intended use
- Failure to link data to use
- Poor design -- lack of correlation to claim
- Failure to clarify how data generated and analyzed
- Insufficient data
Words of Advice
- Survey the field
- Make good choices
- Dont assume more is more
- Utilize Pre-IDE process
- Bring in experts
- Dont be afraid to question, appeal
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