FDA Issues Final Rule on Symbols in Labeling Recorded Webinar | David R Dills | From: Nov 02, 2021 - To: Dec 31, 2021 |
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued this final rule revising its medical device and certain biological product labeling regulations to explicitly allow for the optional inclusion of graphical representations of information, or symbols, in labeling (including labels) without adjacent explanatory text (referred to in this document as "stand-alone symbols") if certain requirements are met.
FDA back in June 2016 issued a final rule to allow for the use of standalone symbols on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) labels to align with international standards. In addition to allowing the use of standalone symbols, the final rule also permits the use of the symbol statements "Rx only" and "Rx only" for prescription devices. FDA says the finale rule is optional, though the agency thinks that it will be a boon to industry and estimates the reduced workload will result in annual savings of up to $25.5 million.
In the past, FDA prohibited companies from using standalone symbols on device and IVD labels, and required symbols on the labels to be accompanied by explanatory text. However, in 2013, after pressure from the medical device industry, FDA issued a proposed rule that would allow standalone symbols to appear on device labels for public comment. In its comments on the proposed rule, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) called FDA's previous approach inefficient, saying that "adding adjacent English text eliminates the inherent advantage of using internationally recognized symbols." Now, under the final rule, the agency will allow the use of such symbols, as long as they meet certain requirements.
Until now, medical devices require symbols with explanatory text except for in vitro diagnostic devices. Medical device manufacturers are not required to change the labeling of their devices to include the symbols unless they feel it will better benefit them. Allowing symbols to stand without accompanying explanatory text will bring the U.S. rules in line with many international regulatory authorities and industry organizations, such as the European Union, the International Electrotechnical Commission, and the International Organization for Standardization.
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David R. Dills, is Director of Regulatory Services at CROMSOURCE, an international contract research organization (CRO) to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. Mr. Dills has more than 28 years of experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry.
He has held positions of increasing responsibility with sponsor and service companies of various sizes, including large, global OEM's/sponsors, consultancies, and a global CRO, as well as virtual, small, mid, and large-sized enterprises and has serviced sponsors and clients in multiple global locations.
Mr. Dills most recent position was President and Principal, Global Regulatory Affairs Consultant with a consultancy in the US, and before that, he served in senior-level regulatory and compliance roles for various organizations.
He has a range of expertise in different therapeutic areas and medical specialties for pharma and medical devices, including combination products.
David enjoys interpreting the regulatory precedents and new legislation, developing the regulatory strategy as part of strategic regulatory consulting, Agency meeting preparation and engagement, conducting persuasive communication with regulatory authorities, executing an effective path to approval for submissions and marketing applications with multi-country registrations and approvals, developing GxP compliance strategies from premarketing to postmarketing from R&D, Manufacturing/Operations, Postmarket and to delivering regulatory and compliance training to internal and external stakeholders, and striving for overall corporate compliance with regulations in The Americas, EMEA and the Asia Pacific.
He has managed regulatory and compliance projects with multiple competing priorities having a direct impact on on-site operations commercial opportunities and enjoy adding business value to clients by providing strategic and tactical solutions that facilitate the achievement of regulatory and compliance milestones and on minimizing delays due to noncompliance and regulatory risk.
He has worked directly with global manufacturers and sponsors engaged in compliance remediation activities and services involving enforcement actions and customer-generated compliance events, inspection preparation, among other regulatory and compliance responsibilities.
